10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-41255

Ponce Financial Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland	87-1893965
(State or other jurisdiction of<br><br>incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)
2244 Westchester Avenue<br><br>Bronx, NY	10462
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (718) 931-9000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading<br><br>Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	PDLB	The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☒
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☒
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of May 5, 2025, the registrant had 23,984,800 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.

Auditor Firm Id: 686	Auditor Name: Forvis Mazars, LLP	Auditor Location: New York, New York, USA

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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1
Item 1.	Consolidated Financial Statements	1
	Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited)	1
	Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)	2
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)	3
	Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)	4
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)	5
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	6
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	45
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	45
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	46
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	46
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	46
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	46
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	46
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	46
Item 5.	Other Information	46
Item 6.	Exhibits	47
Signatures		48

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited)

March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024

(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

			December 31,
			2024

ASSETS
Cash and due from banks:
Cash	32,113		$	35,478
Interest-bearing deposits	97,780			104,361
Total cash and cash equivalents	129,893			139,839
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value (Note 3)	103,570			104,970
Held-to-maturity securities, net of allowance for credit losses of 213 at March 31, 2025 and 216 at December 31, 2024; at amortized cost (fair value 2025 349,518; 2024 355,294) (Note 3)	358,024			367,938
Placement with banks	249			249
Mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value (Note 4)	8,567			10,736
Loans receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 22,974 at March 31, 2025 and 22,502 at December 31, 2024 (Note 5)	2,370,931			2,286,599
Accrued interest receivable	19,008			17,771
Premises and equipment, net	16,417			16,794
Right of use assets (Note 6)	29,496			29,093
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) stock, at cost	25,807			29,182
Deferred tax assets	11,629			12,074
Other assets	16,245			24,693
Total assets	3,089,836		$	3,039,938
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Deposits (Note 7)	2,004,947		$	1,884,864
Operating lease liabilities	31,126			30,696
Accrued interest payable	4,628			3,712
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance	12,901			10,349
Borrowings (Note 8)	521,100			596,100
Other liabilities	1,248			8,717
Total liabilities	2,575,950			2,534,438
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock, 0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 225,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and as of December 31, 2024.	225,000			225,000
Common stock, 0.01 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 24,886,711 shares issued at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; 23,966,191 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and 23,961,214 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2024	249			249
Treasury stock, at cost; 920,520 shares as of March 31, 2025 and 925,497 shares as of December 31, 2024	(7,641	)		(7,707	)
Additional paid-in-capital	207,888			207,319
Retained earnings	113,432			107,754
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 13)	(13,515	)		(15,297	)
Unearned compensation ─ ESOP; 1,268,552 shares as of March 31, 2025 and 1,301,988 shares as of December 31, 2024	(11,527	)		(11,818	)
Total stockholders' equity	513,886			505,500
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	3,089,836		$	3,039,938

All values are in US Dollars.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
Interest and dividend income:
Interest on loans receivable	$	37,136		$	30,664
Interest on deposits due from banks		1,668			2,911
Interest and dividend on securities and FHLBNY stock		5,193			6,091
Total interest and dividend income		43,997			39,666
Interest expense:
Interest on certificates of deposit		7,754			6,380
Interest on other deposits		8,554			6,540
Interest on borrowings		5,486			7,923
Total interest expense		21,794			20,843
Net interest income		22,203			18,823
Benefit for credit losses (Note 3) (Note 5) (1)		(285	)		(16	)
Net interest income after benefit for credit losses		22,488			18,839
Non-interest income:
Service charges and fees		525			473
Brokerage commissions		4			8
Late and prepayment charges		697			359
Income on sale of mortgage loans		148			302
Income on sale of SBA loans		404			—
Other		603			565
Total non-interest income		2,381			1,707
Non-interest expense:
Compensation and benefits		7,780			7,844
Occupancy and equipment		3,913			3,667
Data processing expenses		1,152			1,127
Direct loan expenses		388			732
Insurance and surety bond premiums		315			253
Office supplies, telephone and postage		170			249
Professional fees		1,364			1,723
Microloans recoveries		—			(53	)
Marketing and promotional expenses		83			100
Federal deposit insurance and regulatory assessment(2)		461			389
Other operating expenses (2)		1,262			755
Total non-interest expense (1)		16,888			16,786
Income before income taxes		7,981			3,760
Provision for income taxes		2,022			1,346
Net income	$	5,959		$	2,414
Dividends on preferred shares		281			—
Net income available to common stockholders	$	5,678		$	2,414
Earnings per common share (Note 9):
Basic	$	0.25		$	0.11
Diluted	$	0.25		$	0.11
Weighted average common shares outstanding (Note 9):
Basic		22,662,916			22,353,492
Diluted		22,876,740			22,366,728

(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2024, provision for contingencies in the amount of $0.2 million were reclassified from total non-interest expense to benefit for credit losses.

(2) For the three months ended March 31, 2024, $0.3 million of federal deposit insurance was reclassified from other operating expenses to federal deposit insurance and regulatory assessments and $0.1 million of directors fees were reclassified from federal deposit insurance and regulatory assessments to other operating expenses.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

(In thousands)

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
Net income	$	5,959		$	2,414
Net change in unrealized gain (losses) on securities:
Unrealized gain (losses)		2,264			(1,196	)
Income (tax) benefit effect		(482	)		255
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		1,782			(941	)
Total comprehensive income		7,741			1,473
Less: Dividends on preferred shares		281			—
Total comprehensive income available to common stockholders	$	7,460		$	1,473

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

																		Accumulated			Unallocated
									Treasury			Additional						Other			Common
	Preferred Stock				Common Stock				Stock,			Paid-in			Retained			Comprehensive			Stock
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		At Cost			Capital			Earnings			Loss			of ESOP			Total
Balance, December 31, 2024		225,000	$	225,000		23,961,214	$	249	$	(7,707	)	$	207,319		$	107,754		$	(15,297	)	$	(11,818	)	$	505,500
Net income		—		—		—		—		—			—			5,959			—			—			5,959
Preferred Stock Dividend																(281	)								(281	)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			1,782			—			1,782
Release of restricted stock units		—		—		4,977		—		66			(66	)					—			—			—
ESOP shares committed to be released (33,436 shares)		—		—		—		—		—			132			—			—			291			423
Share-based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			503			—			—			—			503
Balance, March 31, 2025		225,000	$	225,000		23,966,191	$	249	$	(7,641	)	$	207,888		$	113,432		$	(13,515	)	$	(11,527	)	$	513,886
																	Accumulated			Unallocated
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									Treasury			Additional					Other			Common
	Preferred Stock				Common Stock				Stock,			Paid-in			Retained		Comprehensive			Stock
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		At Cost			Capital			Earnings		Loss			of ESOP			Total
Balance, December 31, 2023		225,000	$	225,000		23,785,520	$	249	$	(9,747	)	$	207,106		$	97,420	$	(15,649	)	$	(12,984	)	$	491,395
Net income		—		—		—		—		—			—			2,414		—			—			2,414
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(941	)		—			(941	)
Release of restricted stock units		—		—		4,977		—		45			(45	)				—			—			—
ESOP shares committed to be released (33,436 shares)		—		—		—		—		—			6			—		—			291			297
Share-based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			517			—		—			—			517
Balance, March 31, 2024		225,000	$	225,000		23,790,497	$	249	$	(9,702	)	$	207,584		$	99,834	$	(16,590	)	$	(12,693	)	$	493,682

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

(In thousands)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2025			2024
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	$	5,959		$	2,414
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of premiums/discounts on securities, net		(22	)		(39	)
Gain on sale of loans		(552	)		(276	)
Grain recoveries		—			(53	)
Benefit for credit losses		(285	)		(180	)
Depreciation and amortization		1,207			673
ESOP compensation expense		560			297
Share-based compensation expense		503			517
Deferred income taxes		(37	)		667
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Decrease in mortgage loans held for sale, fair value		2,317			2,396
Increase in accrued interest receivable		(1,237	)		(53	)
Decrease in other assets		8,448			3,572
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable		916			(7,747	)
Decrease in operating lease liabilities		(730	)		(198	)
Increase in advance payments by borrowers		2,552			2,467
Decrease in other liabilities		(6,512	)		(2,996	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		13,087			1,461
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Net (purchase) and redemption of FHLBNY stock		3,375			(4,500	)
Proceeds from maturities, calls and principal repayments on securities		13,603			11,419
Proceeds from sale of loans		5,738			—
Net increase in loans		(90,397	)		(79,278	)
Purchase of loans		—			(5,956	)
Purchases of premises and equipment		(154	)		(1,776	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(67,835	)		(80,091	)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Net increase in deposits		120,083			78,164
Net repayments from borrowings		(75,000	)		(4,000	)
Dividends paid on preferred stock		(281	)		—
Net cash provided by financing activities		44,802			74,164
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(9,946	)		(4,466	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		139,839			139,190
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	129,893		$	134,724
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest on deposits and borrowings	$	20,878		$	28,590
Cash paid for income taxes	$	409		$	290

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Note 1. Nature of Business

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation:

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “we,” “our,” “us,” “Ponce Financial Group, Inc.,” or the “Company”) is the holding company of Ponce Bank (“Ponce Bank” or the “Bank”), a federally chartered stock savings association. The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements presented herein have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary Ponce Bank (the “Bank”) and the Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Ponce De Leon Mortgage Corp., which is a mortgage banking entity. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

For further information, refer to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes included in the Company' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 13, 2025 (the "2024 Form 10-K").

Use of Estimates: In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, as of the date of the consolidated statement of financial condition, and revenues and expenses for the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for credit losses, the valuation of real estate acquired in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction of loans, the valuation of loans held for sale, the valuation of deferred tax assets and investment securities and the estimates relating to the valuation for share-based awards.

Segment Reporting: Effective December 31, 2024, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ASU 2023-07, "Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures." Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available and that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (the “CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer is the Company’s CODM. The CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, allocating resources, and evaluating financial performance. As such, the Company has determined that it operates as one operating segment and one reportable segment.

Reclassification of Prior Periods Presentation: Certain prior periods amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on net income or comprehensive income. Refer to the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 for details on the reclassification.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted: In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosure (Subtopic 220-40)." The amendments improve the disclosures about a public business entity's expenses and address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses (including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization, and depletion) in commonly present expense captions (such as costs of sales and research and development). The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. We are currently evaluating the impact these changes may have on our consolidated financial statements.

Note 2. Preferred Stock

On June 7, 2022 (the “Original Closing Date”), the Company issued 225,000 shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock‎, par value $0.01 (the “Preferred Stock”) for an aggregate purchase price equal to $225,000,000 in cash to the Treasury, pursuant to the Treasury’s ECIP. Under the ECIP, Treasury provided investment capital directly to depository institutions that are CDFIs or MDIs or their holding companies, to provide loans, grants, and forbearance for small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and consumers, in low-income and underserved communities. No dividends will accrue or be due for the first two years after issuance. For years three through ten, depending upon the level of qualified and/or deep impact lending made in targeted communities, as defined in the ECIP guidelines, dividends will be at an annual rate of either 2.0%, 1.25% or 0.5% and, thereafter, will be fixed at one of the foregoing rates. If we are unable to make qualified and/or deep impact loans at required levels, we will be required to pay dividends at the higher annual rates. Additionally, we may make qualified and/or deep impact loans that are riskier than we otherwise would in an effort to meet the lending

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

requirements for the lower dividend rates and/or to qualify for the purchase option under the Repurchase Agreement (as described below).

Holders of Preferred Stock generally do not have any voting rights, with the exception of voting rights on certain matters as outlined in the Certificate of Designations. The Treasury is the holder of the Preferred Stock and a governmental entity, and the Treasury may hold interests that are different from a private investor in exercising its voting and other rights. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the Preferred Stock will be entitled to a liquidation preference, subject to certain limitations, in the amount of the sum of $1,000 per share plus declared and unpaid dividends (without accumulation of undeclared dividends) on each share.

As a participant in the ECIP, the Company must comply with certain operating requirements. Specifically, the Company must adopt the Treasury's standards for executive compensation and luxury expenses for the period during which the Treasury holds equity issued under the ECIP. These restrictions may make it difficult to adequately compensate our management team, which could impact our ability to retain qualified management. Additionally, under the ECIP regulations, the Company cannot pay dividends or repurchase its common stock unless it meets certain income-based tests and has paid the required dividends on the Preferred Stock. In June 2024, the ‎Company began paying dividends on its Preferred Stock in the amount of $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.

On December 20, 2024, the Company entered into an ECIP Securities Purchase Option Agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement”) with Treasury. Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, Treasury has granted the Company an option to purchase all of the Preferred Stock during the Option Period, which is the first fifteen years following the Original Closing Date. The purchase price for the Preferred Stock pursuant to the purchase option is determined based on a formula equal to the present value of the Preferred Stock, calculated as set forth in the Repurchase Agreement, together with any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, as of the closing date. Subject to variations in interest rates and the equity risk premium, which are components included in the purchase price calculation, the Company presently expects that the purchase price will be at a substantial discount from the face value of the Preferred Stock.

The purchase option may not be exercised unless and until at least one of the Threshold Conditions under the Repurchase Agreement has been met. The Threshold Conditions are as follows: during the ten years that follow the Original Closing Date (the “ECIP Period”) either (1) over any sixteen consecutive quarters, an average of at least 60% of the Company’s Total Originations, as defined pursuant to the terms of the ECIP, qualifies as “Deep Impact Lending,” as defined pursuant to the terms of the ECIP (the “Deep Impact Condition”); (2) over any twenty-four consecutive quarters, an average of at least 85% of the Company’s Total Originations qualifies as “Qualified Lending,” as defined pursuant to the terms of the ECIP (the “Qualified Lending Condition”); or (3) the Preferred Stock has a dividend rate of no more than 0.5%, which dividend rate is calculated pursuant to the ECIP and the terms thereof, at each of six consecutive Reset Dates, as defined in the ECIP.

The earliest possible date by which a Threshold Condition may be met is June 30, 2026, which is the end of the sixteenth consecutive quarter following the Original Closing Date. However, the Company does not currently meet any of the Threshold Conditions to exercise the purchase option, and there can be no assurance if and when the Threshold Conditions will be met. At present, the Company has reported 11 consecutive quarters for which it has met both the Deep Impact and Qualified Lending Conditions. The Preferred Stock currently has a dividend rate of 0.5%.

In addition to the requirement that a Threshold Condition be met, the Repurchase Agreement requires that the Company meet certain other eligibility conditions in order to exercise the purchase option in the future, including compliance with the terms of the original ECIP purchase agreement and the terms of the Preferred Stock, maintaining qualification as either a CDFI or an MDI, and meeting other legal and regulatory criteria. Although the Company currently meets the general eligibility criteria, other than satisfying one of the Threshold Conditions, there can be no assurance that the Company will meet such criteria in the future.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Note 3. Securities

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of securities at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are summarized as follows:

	March 31, 2025
				Gross		Gross
	Amortized			Unrealized		Unrealized
	Cost			Gains		Losses			Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Available-for-Sale Securities:
U.S. Government Bonds	$	2,995		$	—	$	(92	)	$	2,903
Corporate Bonds		20,759			54		(1,163	)		19,650
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (1)		33,468			—		(5,595	)		27,873
FHLMC Certificates		8,767			—		(1,057	)		7,710
FNMA Certificates		54,668			—		(9,322	)		45,346
GNMA Certificates		87			1		—			88
Total available-for-sale securities	$	120,744		$	55	$	(17,229	)	$	103,570
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
U.S. Agency Bonds	$	25,000		$	—	$	(33	)	$	24,967
Corporate Bonds		32,500			21		(420	)		32,101
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (1)		181,178			83		(5,045	)		176,216
FHLMC Certificates		3,206			—		(171	)		3,035
FNMA Certificates		102,472			—		(3,245	)		99,227
SBA Certificates		13,881			91		—			13,972
Allowance for Credit Losses		(213	)		—		—			—
Total held-to-maturity securities	$	358,024		$	195	$	(8,914	)	$	349,518

Comprised of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) and Ginnie Mae (“GNMA”) issued securities.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	December 31, 2024
				Gross		Gross
	Amortized			Unrealized		Unrealized
	Cost			Gains		Losses			Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Available-for-Sale Securities:
U.S. Government Bonds	$	2,994		$	—	$	(121	)	$	2,873
Corporate Bonds		21,762			10		(1,368	)		20,404
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (1)		34,526			—		(5,991	)		28,535
FHLMC Certificates		9,028			—		(1,366	)		7,662
FNMA Certificates		56,010			—		(10,602	)		45,408
GNMA Certificates		88			—		—			88
Total available-for-sale securities	$	124,408		$	10	$	(19,448	)	$	104,970
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
U.S. Agency Bonds	$	25,000		$	—	$	(40	)	$	24,960
Corporate Bonds		32,500			12		(535	)		31,977
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (1)		186,634			—		(7,052	)		179,582
FHLMC Certificates		3,229			—		(223	)		3,006
FNMA Certificates		105,417			—		(5,114	)		100,303
SBA Certificates		15,374			92		—			15,466
Allowance for Credit Losses		(216	)		—		—			—
Total held-to-maturity securities	$	367,938		$	104	$	(12,964	)	$	355,294

Comprised of FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA issued securities.

The Company’s securities portfolio had 38 and 39 available-for-sale securities and 31 and 31 held-to-maturity securities at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. There were no available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities sold during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and for the year ended December 31, 2024. There was one available-for-sale security in the amount of $1.0 million that matured and/or were called during the three months ended March 31, 2025, and one available-for-sale security in the amount of $4.0 million and two held-to-maturity securities in the total amount of $50.0 million that matured and/or were called during the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company did not purchase any available-for-sale securities and held-to-maturity securities during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and during the year ended December 31, 2024.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

The following table presents the Company's gross unrealized losses and fair values of its securities, aggregated by the length of time the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

	March 31, 2025
	Securities With Gross Unrealized Losses
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total		Total
	Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses			Value		Losses			Value		Losses
	(in thousands)
Available-for-Sale Securities:
U.S. Government Bonds	$	—	$	—		$	2,903	$	(92	)	$	2,903	$	(92	)
Corporate Bonds		994		(6	)		13,602		(1,157	)		14,596		(1,163	)
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations		—		—			27,873		(5,595	)		27,873		(5,595	)
FHLMC Certificates		—		—			7,710		(1,057	)		7,710		(1,057	)
FNMA Certificates		—		—			45,346		(9,322	)		45,346		(9,322	)
Total available-for-sale securities	$	994	$	(6	)	$	97,434	$	(17,223	)	$	98,428	$	(17,229	)
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
U.S. Agency Bonds	$	—	$	—		$	24,967	$	(33	)	$	24,967	$	(33	)
Corporate Bonds		—		—			15,080		(420	)		15,080		(420	)
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations		69,255		(669	)		96,639		(4,376	)		165,894		(5,045	)
FHLMC Certificates		—		—			3,035		(171	)		3,035		(171	)
FNMA Certificates		4,440		(80	)		94,787		(3,165	)		99,227		(3,245	)
Total held-to-maturity securities	$	73,695	$	(749	)	$	234,508	$	(8,165	)	$	308,203	$	(8,914	)
	December 31, 2024
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	Securities With Gross Unrealized Losses
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total		Total
	Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses			Value		Losses			Value		Losses
	(in thousands)
Available-for-Sale Securities:
U.S. Government Bonds	$	—	$	—		$	2,873	$	(121	)	$	2,873	$	(121	)
Corporate Bonds		—		—			15,394		(1,368	)		15,394		(1,368	)
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations		—		—			28,535		(5,991	)		28,535		(5,991	)
FHLMC Certificates		—		—			7,662		(1,366	)		7,662		(1,366	)
FNMA Certificates		—		—			45,407		(10,602	)		45,407		(10,602	)
Total available-for-sale securities	$	—	$	—		$	99,871	$	(19,448	)	$	99,871	$	(19,448	)
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
U.S. Agency Bonds	$	—	$	—		$	24,960	$	(40	)	$	24,960	$	(40	)
Corporate Bonds		—		—			29,965		(535	)		29,965		(535	)
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations		81,112		(1,728	)		98,470		(5,324	)		179,582		(7,052	)
FHLMC Certificates		—		—			3,006		(223	)		3,006		(223	)
FNMA Certificates		4,691		(69	)		95,612		(5,045	)		100,303		(5,114	)
Total held-to-maturity securities	$	85,803	$	(1,797	)	$	252,013	$	(11,167	)	$	337,816	$	(12,964	)

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had 36 and 37 available-for-sale securities and 25 and 27 held-to-maturity securities at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, with gross unrealized loss positions. Management reviewed the financial condition of the entities underlying the securities at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The unrealized losses related to the Company debt securities were issued by U.S. government-sponsored entities and agencies and corporate bonds. The Company does not believe that the debt securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of March 31, 2025 represents a credit loss impairment.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

The gross unrealized loss positions related to mortgage-backed securities and other obligations issued by the U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government and have a long history of zero credit loss. Total gross unrealized losses were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates relative to when the investment securities were purchased and not due to the credit quality of the investment securities.

Management reviewed the collectability of the corporate bonds taking into consideration of such factors as the financial condition of the issuers, reported regulatory capital ratios of the issuers, credit ratings, including ratings in effect as of the reporting date. Management believes the unrealized losses on the corporate bonds are primarily attributable to changes in the interest rates and not changes in the credit quality of the issuers of the corporate bonds.

The following is a summary of maturities of securities at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Amounts are shown by contractual maturity. Because borrowers for mortgage-backed securities have the right to prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties, at any time, these securities are included as a total within the table.

	March 31, 2025
	Amortized			Fair
	Cost			Value
	(in thousands)
Available-for-Sale Securities:
U.S. Government Bonds:
Amounts maturing:
Three months or less	$	—		$	—
More than three months through one year		2,995			2,903
More than one year through five years		—			—
More than five years through ten years		—			—
		2,995			2,903
Corporate Bonds:
Amounts maturing:
Three months or less	$	—		$	—
More than three months through one year		—			—
More than one year through five years		7,000			6,392
More than five years through ten years		13,759			13,258
		20,759			19,650
Mortgage-Backed Securities		96,990			81,017
Total available-for-sale securities	$	120,744		$	103,570
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
U.S. Agency Bonds:
Amounts maturing:
Three months or less	$	—		$	—
More than three months through one year		25,000			24,967
More than one year through five years		—			—
More than five years through ten years		—			—
		25,000			24,967
Corporate Bonds:
Amounts maturing:
Three months or less	$	10,000		$	9,946
More than three months through one year		—			—
More than one year through five years		15,000			15,000
More than five years through ten years		7,500			7,155
		32,500			32,101
Mortgage-Backed Securities		300,737			292,450
Allowance for Credit Losses		(213	)		—
Total held-to-maturity securities	$	358,024		$	349,518

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	December 31, 2024
	Amortized			Fair
	Cost			Value
	(in thousands)
Available-for-Sale Securities:
U.S. Government Bonds:
Amounts maturing:
Three months or less	$	—		$	—
More than three months through one year		—			—
More than one year through five years		2,994			2,873
More than five years through ten years		—			—
		2,994			2,873
Corporate Bonds:
Amounts maturing:
Three months or less	$	—		$	—
More than three months through one year		—			—
More than one year through five years		2,000			1,320
More than five years through ten years		19,762			19,084
		21,762			20,404
Mortgage-Backed Securities		99,652			81,693
Total available-for-sale securities	$	124,408		$	104,970
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
U.S. Agency Bonds:
Amounts maturing:
Three months or less	$	—		$	—
More than three months through one year		25,000			24,960
More than one year through five years		—			—
More than five years through ten years		—			—
		25,000			24,960
Corporate Bonds:
Amounts maturing:
Three months or less	$	—		$	—
More than three months through one year		10,000			9,926
More than one year through five years		15,000			14,923
More than five years through ten years		7,500			7,128
		32,500			31,977
Mortgage-Backed Securities		310,654			298,357
Allowance for Credit Losses		(216	)		—
Total held-to-maturity securities	$	367,938		$	355,294

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, no securities were pledged as collateral for borrowing activities.

The following table presents the activity in the allowance for credit losses for held-to-maturity securities:

	For the Three
	Months Ended			For the Year Ended
	March 31, 2025			December 31, 2024
	(in thousands)
Allowance for credit losses on securities at beginning of period	$	216		$	398
Benefit for credit losses		(3	)		(182	)
Allowance for credit losses on securities at end of period	$	213		$	216

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the entire allowance for credit losses on securities was allocated to corporate bonds.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Note 4. Mortgage Loans Held-for-Sale

The following table provides the fair value and contractual principal balance outstanding of mortgage loans held-for-sale accounted for under the fair value options:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2025		2024
	(in thousands)
Mortgage loans held-for-sale, at fair value	$	8,567	$	10,736
Mortgage loans held-for-sale, contractual principal outstanding		8,497		10,674
Fair value less unpaid principal balance	$	70	$	62

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had 11 loans and 17 loans in the amount of $8.6 million and $10.7 million, respectively, that were classified as held-for-sale and accounted for under the fair value option accounting guidance for financial assets and financial liabilities.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were $4.4 million, for both periods, in loans held-for-sale that were greater than 90 days past due and non-accrual with a substandard risk rating.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Note 5. Loans Receivable, Net and Allowance for Credit Losses

Loans receivable, net at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are summarized as follows:

	March 31,			December 31,
	2025			2024
	(in thousands)
Mortgage loans:
1-4 Family residential
Investor-Owned	$	325,866		$	330,053
Owner-Occupied		137,676			142,363
Multifamily residential		675,541			670,159
Nonresidential properties		390,681			389,898
Construction and land		815,425			733,660
Total mortgage loans		2,345,189			2,266,133
Nonmortgage loans:
Business loans		46,329			40,849
Consumer loans		997			1,038
Total non-mortgage loans		47,326			41,887
Total loans, gross		2,392,515			2,308,020
Net deferred loan origination costs		1,390			1,081
Allowance for Credit Losses		(22,974	)		(22,502	)
Loans receivable, net	$	2,370,931		$	2,286,599

The Company’s lending activities are conducted principally in metropolitan New York City. The Company primarily grants loans secured by real estate to individuals and businesses pursuant to an established credit policy applicable to each type of lending activity in which it engages. Although collateral provides assurance as a secondary source of repayment, the Company ordinarily requires the primary source of repayment to be based on the borrowers’ ability to generate continuing cash flows. The Company also evaluates the collateral and creditworthiness of each customer. The credit policy provides that depending on the borrowers’ creditworthiness and type of collateral, credit may be extended up to predetermined percentages of the market value of the collateral or on an unsecured basis. Real estate is the primary form of collateral. Other important forms of collateral are time deposits and marketable securities.

For disclosures related to the allowance for credit losses and credit quality, the Company does not have any disaggregated classes of loans below the segment level.

Credit-Quality Indicators: Internally assigned risk ratings are used as credit-quality indicators, which are reviewed by management on a quarterly basis.

The objectives of the Company’s risk-rating system are to provide the Board of Directors and senior management with an objective assessment of the overall quality of the loan portfolio, to promptly and accurately identify loans with well-defined credit weaknesses so that timely action can be taken to minimize credit loss, to identify relevant trends affecting the collectability of the loan portfolio, to isolate potential problem areas and to provide essential information for determining the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses.

Below are the definitions of the internally assigned risk ratings:

Strong Pass – Loans to a new or existing borrower collateralized at least 90 percent by an unimpaired deposit account at the Company.
Good Pass – Loans to a new or existing borrower in a well-established enterprise in excellent financial condition with strong liquidity and a history of consistently high level of earnings, cash flow and debt service capacity.
Satisfactory Pass – Loans to a new or existing borrower of average strength with acceptable financial condition, satisfactory record of earnings and sufficient historical and projected cash flow to service the debt.
Performance Pass – Existing loans that evidence strong payment history but document less than average strength, financial condition, record of earnings, or projected cash flows with which to service the debt.
Special Mention – Loans in this category are currently protected but show one or more potential weaknesses and risks which may inadequately protect collectability or borrower’s ability to meet repayment terms at some future date if the weakness or weaknesses are not monitored or remediated.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Substandard – Loans that are inadequately protected by the repayment capacity of the borrower or the current sound net worth of the collateral pledged, if any. Loans in this category have well defined weaknesses and risks that jeopardize the repayment. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that some loss may be sustained if the deficiencies are not remediated.
Doubtful – Loans that have all the weaknesses of loans classified as “Substandard” with the added characteristics that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of current existing facts, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable.

Loans within the top four categories above are considered pass rated, as commonly defined. Risk ratings are assigned as necessary to differentiate risk within the portfolio. Risk ratings are reviewed on an ongoing basis and revised to reflect changes in the borrowers’ financial condition and outlook, debt service coverage capability, repayment performance, collateral value and coverage as well as other considerations.

The following tables present credit risk ratings by loan segment as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

	March 31, 2025
	Mortgage Loans								Nonmortgage Loans
							Construction						Total
	1-4 Family		Multifamily		Nonresidential		and Land		Business		Consumer		Loans
	(in thousands)
Risk Rating:
Pass	$	450,860	$	656,426	$	388,301	$	802,187	$	44,829	$	994	$	2,343,597
Special mention		5,445		8,232		2,380		3,180		1,475		—		20,712
Substandard		7,237		10,883		—		10,058		25		3		28,206
Total	$	463,542	$	675,541	$	390,681	$	815,425	$	46,329	$	997	$	2,392,515
	December 31, 2024
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	Mortgage Loans								Nonmortgage Loans
							Construction						Total
	1-4 Family		Multifamily		Nonresidential		and Land		Business		Consumer		Loans
	(in thousands)
Risk Rating:
Pass	$	461,043	$	650,526	$	387,496	$	720,422	$	39,628	$	1,035	$	2,260,150
Special mention		5,507		8,270		2,402		3,180		1,221		—		20,580
Substandard		5,866		11,363		—		10,058		—		3		27,290
Total	$	472,416	$	670,159	$	389,898	$	733,660	$	40,849	$	1,038	$	2,308,020

An aging analysis of loans, as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, is as follows:

	March 31, 2025
			30-59		60-89		90 Days						90 Days
			Days		Days		or More				Nonaccrual		or More
	Current		Past Due		Past Due		Past Due		Total		Loans		Accruing
	(in thousands)
Mortgage loans:
1-4 Family residential
Investor-Owned	$	313,474	$	11,340	$	—	$	1,052	$	325,866	$	1,052	$	—
Owner-Occupied		133,149		2,673		—		1,854		137,676		1,854		—
Multifamily residential		657,392		8,361		—		9,788		675,541		9,788		—
Nonresidential properties		388,237		2,444		—		—		390,681		—		—
Construction and land		805,367		—		—		10,058		815,425		10,058		—
Nonmortgage loans:
Business		45,651		508		—		170		46,329		170		—
Consumer		995		2		—		—		997		—		—
Total	$	2,344,265	$	25,328	$	—	$	22,922	$	2,392,515	$	22,922	$	—

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	December 31, 2024
			30-59		60-89		90 Days						90 Days
			Days		Days		or More				Nonaccrual		or More
	Current		Past Due		Past Due		Past Due		Total		Loans		Accruing
	(in thousands)
Mortgage loans:
1-4 Family residential
Investor-Owned	$	324,552	$	2,275	$	2,790	$	436	$	330,053	$	436	$	—
Owner-Occupied		137,926		1,670		909		1,858		142,363		1,858		—
Multifamily residential		652,267		5,119		2,502		10,271		670,159		10,271		—
Nonresidential properties		386,606		890		2,402		—		389,898		—		—
Construction and land		720,422		—		3,180		10,058		733,660		10,058		—
Nonmortgage loans:
Business		39,346		123		1,037		343		40,849		343		—
Consumer		1,035		—		3		—		1,038		—		—
Total	$	2,262,154	$	10,077	$	12,823	$	22,966	$	2,308,020	$	22,966	$	—

The following schedules detail the composition of the allowance for credit losses on loans and the related recorded investment in loans as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
	Mortgage Loans													Nonmortgage<br>Loans						Total
	1-4 <br>Family <br>Investor <br>Owned			1-4 <br>Family <br>Owner <br>Occupied			Multifamily		Nonresidential		Construction<br>and Land			Business			Consumer			For the<br>Period
	(in thousands)
Allowance for Credit Losses:
Balance, beginning of period	$	4,148		$	1,784		$	5,004	$	2,697	$	7,710		$	1,113		$	46		$	22,502
(Benefit) provision charged to expense		(841	)		(552	)		2,836		300		(1,064	)		52			—			731
Charge-offs		—			(38	)		—		—		—			(222	)		(3	)		(263	)
Recoveries		—			—			—		—		—			4			—			4
Balance, end of period	$	3,307		$	1,194		$	7,840	$	2,997	$	6,646		$	947		$	43		$	22,974
Ending balance: individually<br> evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—	$	—	$	—		$	171		$	—		$	171
Ending balance: collectively<br> evaluated for impairment		3,307			1,194			7,840		2,997		6,646			776			43			22,803
Total	$	3,307		$	1,194		$	7,840	$	2,997	$	6,646		$	947		$	43		$	22,974
Loans:
Ending balance: individually <br> evaluated for impairment	$	1,052		$	1,854		$	9,788	$	—	$	10,058		$	171		$	—		$	22,923
Ending balance: collectively <br> evaluated for impairment		324,814			135,822			665,753		390,681		805,367			46,158			997			2,369,592
Total	$	325,866		$	137,676		$	675,541	$	390,681	$	815,425		$	46,329		$	997		$	2,392,515

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
	Mortgage Loans														Nonmortgage Loans						Total
	1-4 <br>Family <br>Investor <br>Owned			1-4 <br>Family <br>Owner <br>Occupied			Multifamily			Nonresidential			Construction<br>and Land		Business			Consumer			For the<br>Period
	(in thousands)
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of period	$	4,415		$	2,012		$	4,365		$	3,176		$	4,807	$	531		$	6,848		$	26,154
(Benefit) provision charged to expense		(158	)		(49	)		(151	)		(940	)		1,596		82			(635	)		(255	)
Charge-offs		—			—			—			—			—		(52	)		(1,302	)		(1,354	)
Recoveries		—			—			—			—			—		—			119			119
Balance, end of period	$	4,257		$	1,963		$	4,214		$	2,236		$	6,403	$	561		$	5,030		$	24,664
Ending balance: individually<br> evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	75		$	—		$	—		$	—	$	142		$	—		$	217
Ending balance: collectively<br> evaluated for impairment		4,257			1,888			4,214			2,236			6,403		419			5,030			24,447
Total	$	4,257		$	1,963		$	4,214		$	2,236		$	6,403	$	561		$	5,030		$	24,664
Loans:
Ending balance: individually <br> evaluated for impairment	$	399		$	1,874		$	4,098		$	441		$	6,177	$	146		$	—		$	13,135
Ending balance: collectively <br> evaluated for impairment		338,932			148,968			541,727			326,909			602,488		26,518			6,741			1,992,283
Total	$	339,331		$	150,842		$	545,825		$	327,350		$	608,665	$	26,664		$	6,741		$	2,005,418
	For the Year Ended December 31, 2024
---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Mortgage Loans													Nonmortgage Loans						Total
	1-4 <br>Family <br>Investor <br>Owned			1-4 <br>Family <br>Owner <br>Occupied			Multifamily		Nonresidential			Construction<br>and Land		Business			Consumer			For the<br>Period
	(in thousands)
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of year	$	4,415		$	2,012		$	4,365	$	3,176		$	4,807	$	531		$	6,848		$	26,154
(Benefit) provision charged to expense		(267	)		(228	)		639		(472	)		2,903		1,307			(2,366	)		1,516
Charge-offs		—			—			—		(7	)		—		(734	)		(5,148	)		(5,889	)
Recoveries		—			—			—		—			—		9			712			721
Balance, end of year	$	4,148		$	1,784		$	5,004	$	2,697		$	7,710	$	1,113		$	46		$	22,502
Ending balance: individually<br> evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—	$	—		$	—	$	343		$	—		$	343
Ending balance: collectively<br> evaluated for impairment		4,148			1,784			5,004		2,697			7,710		770			46			22,159
Total	$	4,148		$	1,784		$	5,004	$	2,697		$	7,710	$	1,113		$	46		$	22,502
Loans:
Ending balance: individually<br> evaluated for impairment	$	436		$	1,858		$	10,271	$	—		$	10,058	$	343		$	—		$	22,966
Ending balance: collectively<br> evaluated for impairment		329,617			140,505			659,888		389,898			723,602		40,506			1,038			2,285,054
Total	$	330,053		$	142,363		$	670,159	$	389,898		$	733,660	$	40,849		$	1,038		$	2,308,020

Loans are considered impaired when current information and events indicate all amounts due may not be collectable according to the contractual terms of the related loan agreements. Impaired loans are identified by applying normal loan review procedures in accordance with the allowance for credit losses methodology. Management periodically assesses loans to determine whether impairment exists. Any loan that is, or will potentially be, no longer performing in accordance with the terms of the original loan contract is evaluated to determine impairment.

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The following information relates to impaired loans as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024:

	Unpaid<br>Contractual		Recorded<br>Investment		Recorded<br>Investment		Total				Average		Interest Income
	Principal		With No		With		Recorded		Related		Recorded		Recognized
As of and For the Three Months Ended<br> March 31, 2025	Balance		Allowance		Allowance		Investment		Allowance		Investment		on a Cash Basis
	(in thousands)
Mortgage loans:
1-4 Family residential	$	2,892	$	2,906	$	—	$	2,906	$	—	$	2,600	$	12
Multifamily residential		9,527		9,788		—		9,788		—		10,030		32
Nonresidential properties		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Construction and land		10,058		10,058		—		10,058		—		10,058		—
Nonmortgage loans:
Business		171		—		171		171		171		257		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	22,648	$	22,752	$	171	$	22,923	$	171	$	22,945	$	44
	Unpaid<br>Contractual		Recorded<br>Investment		Recorded<br>Investment		Total				Average		Interest Income
	Principal		With No		With		Recorded		Related		Recorded		Recognized
As of and For the Three Months Ended<br> March 31, 2024	Balance		Allowance		Allowance		Investment		Allowance		Investment		on a Cash Basis
	(in thousands)
Mortgage loans:
1-4 Family residential	$	2,256	$	1,825	$	448	$	2,273	$	75	$	2,598	$	4
Multifamily residential		4,069		4,098		—		4,098		—		3,539		35
Nonresidential properties		441		441		—		441		—		221		—
Construction and land		6,177		6,177		—		6,177		—		6,418		987
Nonmortgage loans:
Business		146		—		146		146		142		156		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	13,089	$	12,541	$	594	$	13,135	$	217	$	12,932	$	1,026
	Unpaid<br>Contractual		Recorded<br>Investment		Recorded<br>Investment		Total				Average		Interest Income
---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Principal		With No		With		Recorded		Related		Recorded		Recognized
As of and for the Year Ended<br> December 31, 2024	Balance		Allowance		Allowance		Investment		Allowance		Investment		on a Cash Basis
	(in thousands)
Mortgage loans:
1-4 Family residential	$	2,280	$	2,294	$	—	$	2,294	$	—	$	2,420	$	22
Multifamily residential		10,032		10,271		—		10,271		—		5,557		223
Nonresidential properties		—		—		—		—		—		317		—
Construction and land		10,058		10,058		—		10,058		—		6,501		1,335
Nonmortgage loans:
Business		343		—		343		343		343		246		3
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	22,713	$	22,623	$	343	$	22,966	$	343	$	15,041	$	1,583

Loan Modifications to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty

The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-02 on January 1, 2023. Since adoption, the Company modified one loan with borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. These modifications may include a reduction in interest rate, an extension in term, principal forgiveness and/or other than insignificant payment delay. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there was one loan with modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.

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Prior to the adoption of ASU 2022-02 on January 1, 2023, the Company classified certain loans as troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) loans when credit terms to a borrower in financial difficulty were modified, in accordance with ASC 310-40. With the adoption of ASU 2022-02 as of January 1, 2023, the Company has ceased to recognize or measure for new TDRs but those existing at December 31, 2022 will remain until settled.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were 18 troubled debt restructured loans totaling $5.2 million of which $4.5 million are on accrual status for both periods. There were no commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers whose loans have been modified in a troubled debt restructuring.

At March 31, 2025, there were no modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties. At December 31, 2024, there was one loan in the amount of $0.2 million that was modified to a borrower experiencing financial difficulties.

Off-Balance Sheet Credit Losses

Also included within the scope of the CECL standard are off-balance sheet loan commitments, which includes the unfunded portion of committed lines of credit and construction loans.

The Company estimates expected credit losses over the contractual period in which the company is exposed to credit risk through a contractual obligation to extend credit, unless that obligation is unconditionally cancellable by the Company. The allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet exposures is adjusted as a provision for credit loss expense. The Company uses similar assumptions and risk factors that are developed for collectively evaluated financing receivables. This estimate includes consideration of the likelihood that funding will occur and an estimate of expected credit losses on commitments to be funded over its estimated life.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the allowance for off-balance sheet credit losses was $1.8 million and $2.8 million, respectively, which is included in the "Other liabilities" on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had $1.0 million in benefit for credit losses and $0.2 million in provision for credit losses, respectively.

The following table presents the activity in the allowance for off-balance-sheet credit losses:

	For the Three
	Months Ended			For the Year Ended
	March 31, 2025			December 31, 2024
	(in thousands)
Allowance for credit losses on unfunded commitment at beginning of period	$	2,830		$	3,613
Benefit for credit losses		(1,013	)		(783	)
Allowance for credit losses on unfunded commitment at end of period	$	1,817		$	2,830

Note 6. Leases

The Company has 16 operating leases for branches and office spaces (including headquarters) and six operating leases for equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms ranging from less than one year to approximately

14.8

years, none of which has a renewal option reasonably certain of exercise, which has been reflected in the Company’s calculation of lease term.

Certain leases have escalation clauses for operating expenses and real estate taxes. The Company’s non-cancelable operating lease agreements expire through February of 2040.

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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

	March 31,			December 31,
	2025			2024
	(Dollars in thousands)
Operating lease ROU assets	$	29,496		$	29,093
Operating lease liabilities		31,126			30,696
Weighted-average remaining lease term-operating leases	12.0 years			12.0 years
Weighted average discount rate-operating leases		5.1	%		5.1	%

The components of lease expense and cash flow information related to leases were as follows:

		For the Three Months
		Ended March 31,
		2025		2024
		(Dollars in thousands)
Lease Cost
Operating lease cost	Occupancy and equipment	$	1,126	$	1,026
Operating lease cost	Other operating expenses		—		3
Short-term lease cost	Other operating expenses		9		5
Variable lease cost	Occupancy and equipment		46		39
Total lease cost		$	1,181	$	1,073

The Company’s minimum annual rental payments under the terms of the leases are as follows at March 31, 2025:

	Minimum Rental
Years ended December 31:	(in thousands)
Remainder of 2025	$	2,896
2026		3,749
2027		3,595
2028		3,629
2029		3,176
Thereafter		24,392
Total Minimum payments required		41,437
Less: implied interest		10,311
Present value of lease liabilities	$	31,126

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Note 7. Deposits

Deposits at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are summarized as follows:

		December 31,
		2024

Demand	212,139	$	169,178
Interest-bearing deposits:
NOW/IOLA accounts	74,430		62,616
Money market accounts	692,753		636,219
Reciprocal deposits	141,838		130,677
Savings accounts	106,122		105,870
Total NOW, money market, reciprocal and savings	1,015,143		935,382
Certificates of deposit of 250K or more	219,721		204,293
Brokered certificates of deposits (1)	84,531		94,531
Listing service deposits (1)	6,140		7,376
Certificates of deposit less than 250K	467,273		474,104
Total certificates of deposit	777,665		780,304
Total interest-bearing deposits	1,792,808		1,715,686
Total deposits	2,004,947	$	1,884,864

All values are in US Dollars.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were no individual listing service deposits amounting to $250,000 or more. There was one brokered certificates of deposit in the amount of $1.5 million amounting to $250,000 or more. All other brokered certificates of deposit individually amounted to less than $250,000.

At March 31, 2025 scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit were as follows:

	(in thousands)
2025	$	610,924
2026		111,854
2027		47,855
2028		3,078
2029		2,482
Thereafter		1,472
	$	777,665

Overdrawn deposit accounts that have been reclassified to loans amounted to $0.1 million as of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Note 8. Borrowings

The Bank had outstanding term advances from the FHLBNY at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 as indicated below.

FHLBNY Advances: As a member of the FHLBNY, the Bank has the ability to borrow from the FHLBNY based on a certain percentage of the value of the Bank's qualified collateral, as defined in the FHLBNY Statement of Credit Policy, at the time of the borrowing. In accordance with an agreement with the FHLBNY, the qualified collateral must be free and clear of liens, pledges and encumbrances.

The Bank had $521.1 million and $571.1 million of outstanding term advances from the FHLBNY at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Bank had no overnight line of credit advance from the FHLBNY at March 31, 2025 and a $25.0 million overnight line of credit advance from the FHLBNY at December 31, 2024.

FRBNY Advances: The Bank had no term and overnight line of credit advances outstanding from the FRBNY at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

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Borrowed funds at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consist of the following and are summarized by maturity and call date below:

	March 31, 2025							December 31, 2024
	Scheduled<br>Maturity		Redeemable<br>at Call Date		Weighted<br>Average<br>Rate			Scheduled<br>Maturity		Redeemable<br>at Call Date		Weighted<br>Average<br>Rate
	(Dollars in thousands)
Overnight line of credit<br> advance	$	—	$	—		—	%	$	25,000	$	25,000		4.69	%
FHLBNY Term advances ending:
2025	$	50,000	$	50,000		4.41	%	$	100,000	$	100,000		4.48	%
2026		200,000		200,000		4.25			200,000		200,000		4.25
2027		212,000		212,000		3.44			212,000		212,000		3.44
2028		9,100		9,100		3.84			9,100		9,100		3.84
2029		50,000		50,000		3.95			50,000		50,000		3.35
	$	521,100	$	521,100		3.84	%	$	596,100	$	596,100		3.94	%

Interest expense on advances totaled $5.5 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Note 9. Earnings Per Common Share

The following table presents a reconciliation of the number of common shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025		2024
	(Dollars in thousands except share data)
Net income available to common stockholders	$	5,678	$	2,414
Common shares outstanding for basic EPS:
Weighted average common shares outstanding		23,964,532		23,788,856
Less: Weighted average unallocated Employee Stock<br> Ownership Plan (ESOP) shares		1,301,616		1,435,364
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding		22,662,916		22,353,492
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.25	$	0.11
Potential dilutive common shares:
Add: Dilutive effect of restricted stock awards and stock options		213,824		13,236
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding		22,876,740		22,366,728
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.25	$	0.11

Note 10. Commitments, Contingencies and Credit Risk

Financial Instruments With Off-Balance-Sheet Risk: In the normal course of business, financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk may be used to meet the financing needs of customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and letters of credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk and interest rate risk in excess of the amounts recognized

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on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. The contractual amounts of these instruments reflect the extent of involvement in particular classes of financial instruments.

The contractual amounts of commitments to extend credit represent the amounts of potential accounting loss should the contract be fully drawn upon, the customer default, and the value of any existing collateral become worthless. The same credit policies are used in making commitments and contractual obligations as for on-balance-sheet instruments. Financial instruments whose contractual amounts represent credit risk at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2025		2024
	(in thousands)
Commitments to grant mortgage loans	$	330,487	$	359,170
Unfunded commitments under lines of credit		59,663		52,329
Total commitments	$	390,150	$	411,499

Commitments to Grant Mortgage Loans: Commitments to grant mortgage loans are agreements to lend to a customer as long as all terms and conditions are met as established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses, and may require payment of a fee by the borrower. Since some of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. Each customer's creditworthiness is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary upon extension of credit, is based on management's credit evaluation of the counterparty. Collateral held varies, but may include accounts receivable, inventory, property and equipment, residential real estate and income-producing commercial properties. Material losses are not anticipated as a result of these transactions.

Commitments to Sell Loans at Lock-in Rates: In order to assure itself of a marketplace to sell its loans, the Bank has agreements with investors who will commit to purchase loans at locked-in rates. The Bank has off-balance sheet market risk to the extent that the Bank does not obtain matching commitments from these investors to purchase the loans. This will expose the Bank to the lower of cost or market valuation environment.

Repurchases, Indemnifications and Premium Recaptures: Loans sold by the Bank under investor programs are subject to repurchase or indemnification if they fail to meet the origination criteria of those programs. In addition, loans sold to investors are also subject to repurchase or indemnifications if the loan is two or three months delinquent during a set period which usually varies from six months to a year after the loan is sold. There are no open repurchase or indemnification requests for loans sold as a correspondent lender or where the Company acted as a broker in the transaction as of March 31, 2025.

Unfunded Commitments Under Lines of Credit: Unfunded commitments under commercial lines of credit, revolving credit lines and overdraft protection agreements are commitments for possible future extension of credit to existing customers. These lines of credit are uncollateralized and usually contain a specified maturity date and, ultimately, may not be drawn upon to the total extent to which the Company is committed.

Unfunded Commitments with Oaktree: In December of 2021, the Bank committed to invest $5.0 million in Oaktree SBIC Fund, L.P. ("Oaktree"). As of March 31, 2025, the total unfunded commitment was $1.7 million.

Unfunded Commitments with Silvergate: In April of 2022, the Company committed to invest $5.2 million in EJF Silvergate Ventures Fund LP ("Silvergate"). As of March 31, 2025, the total unfunded commitment was $1.4 million.

Letters of Credit: Letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. These guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. Letters of credit are largely cash secured.

Concentration by Geographic Location: Loans, commitments to extend credit and letters of credit have been granted to customers who are located primarily in the New York City metropolitan area. Generally, such loans most often are secured by residential properties. The loans are expected to be repaid from the borrowers' payment sources.

Legal Matters: The Company is involved in various legal proceedings which have arisen in the normal course of business. Management believes that resolution of these matters will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

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Note 11. Fair Value

The following fair value hierarchy is used based on the lowest level of input significant to the fair value measurement. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair values:

Level 1 – Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2 – Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The Company used the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate fair value:

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Placement with Banks, Accrued Interest Receivable, Advance Payments by Borrowers for Taxes and Insurance, and Accrued Interest Payable: The carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value. These assets and liabilities are not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

Available-for-Sale Securities: These financial instruments are recorded at fair value in the consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis. Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. If quoted prices are not available, then fair values are estimated by using pricing models (e.g., matrix pricing) or quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics and are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. Examples of such instruments include government agency bonds and mortgage-backed securities. Level 3 securities are securities for which significant unobservable inputs are utilized. There were no changes in valuation techniques used to measure similar assets during the period.

FHLBNY Stock: The carrying value of FHLBNY stock approximates fair value since the Bank can redeem such stock with FHLBNY at cost. As a member of the FHLBNY, the Company is required to purchase this stock, which is carried at cost and classified as restricted equity securities.

Loans Receivable: For variable rate loans, which reprice frequently and have no significant change in credit risk, carrying values are a reasonable estimate of fair values, adjusted for credit losses inherent in the portfolios. The fair value of fixed rate loans is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using estimated market rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities, adjusted for credit losses inherent in the portfolios. Impaired loans are valued using a present value discounted cash flow method, or the fair value of the collateral. Loans are not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale: Loans held for sale, at fair value, consists of loans originated for sale by the Bank and accounted for under the fair value option. These assets are valued using stated investor pricing for substantially equivalent loans as Level 2. In determining fair value, such measurements are derived based on observable market data, including whole-loan transaction pricing and similar market transactions adjusted for portfolio composition, servicing value and market conditions. Loans held for sale by the Bank are carried at the lower of cost or fair value as determined by investor bid prices.

Under the fair value option, management has elected, on an instrument-by-instrument basis, fair value for substantially all forms of mortgage loans originated for sale on a recurring basis. As of March 31, 2025, the fair value carrying amount of mortgages held for sale measured under the fair value option was $8.6 million and the aggregate unpaid principal amounted to $8.5 million.

Other Real Estate Owned: Other real estate owned represents real estate acquired through foreclosure, and is recorded at fair value less estimated disposal costs on a nonrecurring basis. Fair value is based upon independent market prices, appraised values of the collateral or management's estimation of the value of the collateral. When the fair value of the collateral is based on an observable market price or a current appraised value, the asset is classified as Level 2. When an appraised value is not available or management determines the fair value of the collateral is further impaired below the appraised value and there is no observable market price, the asset is classified as Level 3.

Deposits: The fair values of demand deposits, savings, NOW and money market accounts equal their carrying amounts, which represent the amounts payable on demand at the reporting date. Fair values for fixed-term, fixed-rate certificates of deposit are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies market interest rates on certificates of deposit to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities on such deposits. Deposits are not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

FHLBNY Advances: The fair value of the advances is estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies current market-based FHLBNY interest rates for advances of similar maturity to a schedule of maturities of such advances. These borrowings are not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

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Off-Balance-Sheet Instruments: Fair values for off-balance-sheet instruments (lending commitments and standby letters of credit) are based on fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the counterparties' credit standing. Off-balance-sheet instruments are not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

The following tables detail the assets that are carried at fair value and measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and indicate the level within the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine the fair value:

			March 31, 2025
Description	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(in thousands)
Available-for-Sale Securities, at fair value:
U.S. Government Bonds	$	2,903	$	2,903	$	—	$	—
Corporate bonds		19,650		344		19,306		—
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations		27,873		—		27,873		—
FHLMC Certificates		7,710		—		7,710		—
FNMA Certificates		45,346		—		45,346		—
GNMA Certificates		88		—		88		—
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale, at fair value		8,567		—		8,567		—
	$	112,137	$	3,247	$	108,890	$	—
			December 31, 2024
---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Description	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(in thousands)
Available-for-Sale Securities, at fair value:
U.S. Government Bonds	$	2,873	$	2,873	$	—	$	—
Corporate bonds		20,404		330		20,074		—
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations		28,535		—		28,535		—
FHLMC Certificates		7,662		—		7,662		—
FNMA Certificates		45,408		—		45,408		—
GNMA Certificates		88		—		88		—
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale, at fair value		10,736		—		10,736		—
Interest rate swap		2,005		—		2,005		—
	$	117,711	$	3,203	$	114,508	$	—

Management’s assessment and classification of an investment within a level can change over time based upon maturity or liquidity of the investment and would be reflected at the beginning of the quarter in which the change occurred.

The following tables detail the assets carried at fair value and measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and indicate the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine the fair value:

	March 31, 2025
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(in thousands)
Impaired loans	$	22,923	$	—	$	—	$	22,923
	December 31, 2024
---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(in thousands)
Impaired loans	$	22,966	$	—	$	—	$	22,966

Losses on assets carried at fair value on a nonrecurring basis were de minimis for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying values and estimated fair values of the Company's financial instruments were as follows:

	Carrying		Fair Value Measurements
	Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in thousands)
March 31, 2025
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	129,893	$	129,893	$	—	$	—	$	129,893
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value		103,570		3,247		100,323		—		103,570
Held-to-maturity securities, at amortized cost, net		358,024		—		349,518		—		349,518
Placement with banks		249		—		249		—		249
Mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value		8,567		—		8,567		—		8,567
Loans receivable, net		2,370,931		—		—		2,356,231		2,356,231
Accrued interest receivable		19,008		—		19,008		—		19,008
FHLBNY stock		25,807		25,807		—		—		25,807
Financial liabilities:
Deposits:
Demand deposits		212,139		212,139		—		—		212,139
Interest-bearing deposits		1,015,143		1,015,143		—		—		1,015,143
Certificates of deposit		777,665		—		776,306		—		776,306
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance		12,901		—		12,901		—		12,901
Borrowings		521,100		—		515,524		—		515,524
Accrued interest payable		4,628		—		4,628		—		4,628

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	Carrying		Fair Value Measurements
	Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in thousands)
December 31, 2024
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	139,839	$	139,839	$	—	$	—	$	139,839
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value		104,970		3,203		101,767		—		104,970
Held-to-maturity securities, at amortized cost		367,938		—		355,294		—		355,294
Placement with banks		249		—		249		—		249
Mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value		10,736		—		10,736		—		10,736
Loans receivable, net		2,286,599		—		—		2,260,989		2,260,989
Accrued interest receivable		17,771		—		17,771		—		17,771
FHLBNY stock		29,182		29,182		—		—		29,182
Interest rate swap		2,005				2,005				2,005
Financial liabilities:
Deposits:
Demand deposits		169,178		169,178		—		—		169,178
Interest-bearing deposits		935,382		935,382		—		—		935,382
Certificates of deposit		780,304		—		778,603		—		778,603
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance		10,349		—		10,349		—		10,349
Borrowings		596,100		—		586,562		—		586,562
Interest rate swap		2,005		—		2,005		—		2,005
Accrued interest payable		3,712		—		3,712		—		3,712

The Company recognizes transfers between levels of the valuation hierarchy at the end of the applicable reporting periods. There were no transfers of Level 3 assets in the fair value hierarchy at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Fair value for Level 3 securities was determined using a third-party pricing service with limited levels of activity and price transparency.

Off-Balance-Sheet Instruments: Loan commitments on which the committed interest rate is less than the current market rate are insignificant at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

The fair value information about financial instruments are disclosed, whether or not recognized in the consolidated statements of financial condition, for which it is practicable to estimate that value. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented do not represent the underlying value of the Company. The estimated fair value amounts for 2025 and 2024 have been measured as of their respective period-ends and have not been reevaluated or updated for purposes of these consolidated financial statements subsequent to those respective dates. As such, the estimated fair values of these financial instruments subsequent to the respective reporting dates may be different than amounts reported at each period.

The information presented should not be interpreted as an estimate of the fair value of the entire Company since a fair value calculation is only required for a limited portion of the Company's assets and liabilities. Due to the wide range of valuation techniques and the degree of subjectivity used in making the estimates, comparisons between the Company's disclosures and those of other banks may not be meaningful.

Note 12. Regulatory Capital Requirements

The Company and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the Federal Reserve Board, the OCC and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s operations and financial statements. Under the regulatory capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Company's assets, liabilities and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Company's capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors.

Quantitative measures established by regulation require the maintenance of minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total risk-based and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets (as defined), common equity Tier 1 capital (as defined), and Tier 1 capital to adjusted total assets (as defined) adjusted total assets (as defined). As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the applicable capital adequacy requirements specified below have been met.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

The below minimum capital requirements exclude the capital conservation buffer required to avoid limitations on capital distributions including dividend payments and certain discretionary bonus payments to executive officers. The applicable capital buffer for the Bank was 13.4% at March 31, 2025 and 13.5% at December 31, 2024.

The most recent notification from the OCC categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized, the Company and the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, common equity risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the table below. There were no conditions or events since then that have changed the Bank's category.

The Company's and the Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 as compared to regulatory requirements are as follows:

									To Be Well
									Capitalized Under
						For Capital			Prompt Corrective
	Actual					Adequacy Purposes			Action Provisions
	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio
	(Dollars in thousands)
March 31, 2025
Ponce Financial Group, Inc.
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets	$	552,191		22.84	%	$	193,396	8.00%	$	241,745		10.00	%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets		527,401		21.82	%		145,047	6.00%		193,396		8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio		302,401		12.51	%		108,785	4.50%		157,134		6.50	%
Tier 1 Capital to Total Assets		527,401		16.84	%		125,287	4.00%		156,609		5.00	%
Ponce Bank
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets	$	514,077		21.38	%	$	192,356	8.00%	$	240,445		10.00	%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets		489,287		20.35	%		144,267	6.00%		192,356		8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio		489,287		20.35	%		108,200	4.50%		156,289		6.50	%
Tier 1 Capital to Total Assets		489,287		15.61	%		125,381	4.00%		156,726		5.00	%
											To Be Well
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											Capitalized Under
						For Capital					Prompt Corrective
	Actual					Adequacy Purposes					Action Provisions
	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
	(Dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2024
Ponce Financial Group, Inc.
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets	$	546,128		22.98	%	$	190,147		8.00	%	$	237,684		10.00	%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets		520,796		21.91	%		142,611		6.00	%		190,147		8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio		295,796		12.44	%		106,958		4.50	%		154,495		6.50	%
Tier 1 Capital to Total Assets		520,796		17.70	%		117,715		4.00	%		147,144		5.00	%
Ponce Bank
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets	$	507,632		21.47	%	$	189,137		8.00	%	$	236,421		10.00	%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets		482,300		20.40	%		141,853		6.00	%		189,137		8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio		482,300		20.40	%		106,390		4.50	%		153,674		6.50	%
Tier 1 Capital to Total Assets		482,300		15.81	%		122,011		4.00	%		152,514		5.00	%

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Bank was in compliance with the applicable minimum capital requirements specified above.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Note 13. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The accumulated other comprehensive loss is as follows:

	March 31, 2025
	December 31,<br>2024			Change		March 31,<br>2025
	(in thousands)
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net	$	(15,297	)	$	1,782	$	(13,515	)
Total	$	(15,297	)	$	1,782	$	(13,515	)
	December 31, 2024
---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	December 31,<br>2023			Change		December 31, <br>2024
	(in thousands)
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net	$	(15,649	)	$	352	$	(15,297	)
Total	$	(15,649	)	$	352	$	(15,297	)

Note 14. Transactions with Related Parties

Directors, executive officers and non-executive officers of the Company have been customers of and have had transactions with the Bank, and it is expected that such persons will continue to have such transactions in the future. Aggregate loan transactions with related parties for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
	(in thousand)
Beginning balance	$	7,671		$	8,810
Originations		185			1,182
Payments		(91	)		(50	)
Ending balance	$	7,765		$	9,942

The Company held deposits in the amount of $8.0 million and $8.8 million from directors, executive officers and non-executive officers at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

General

Management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, is intended to assist in understanding the financial condition and results of operations of Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”). The information contained in this section should be read in conjunction with the unaudited financial statements and the notes thereto appearing in Part I, Item 1, of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements, which can be identified by the use of words such as "estimate," "project," "intend," "anticipate," "assume," "plan," "seek," "expect," "will," "may," "should," "indicate," "would," "believe," "contemplate," "continue," "target" and words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

statements of the Company’s goals, intentions and expectations;
statements regarding its business plans, prospects, growth and operating strategies;
statements regarding the quality of its loan and investment portfolios; and
estimates of the risks and future costs and benefits;

These forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and expectations and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. In addition, these forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions with respect to future business strategies and decisions that are subject to change.

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements:

the scope, duration and severity of rising interest rates, and its effects on our business and operations, our customers, including their ability to make timely payments on loans, our service providers, and on the economy and financial markets in general;
changes in U.S. trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, and their related impacts on the economy;
changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savings habits;
general economic conditions, either nationally or in the market areas, that are worse than expected;
the Company’s ability to manage market risk, credit risk and operational risk in the current economic environment;
changes in the level and direction of loan delinquencies and write-offs and changes in estimates of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses;
the ability to access cost-effective funding;
fluctuations in real estate values and real estate market conditions;
demand for loans and deposits in the market area;
the Company’s ability to implement and change its business strategies;
competition among depository and other financial institutions;
inflation and changes in the interest rate environment that reduce the Company’s margins and yields, its mortgage banking revenues, the fair value of financial instruments or the level of loan originations, or increase the level of defaults, losses and prepayments on loans the Company have made and make;
adverse changes in the securities or secondary mortgage markets;
changes in laws or government regulations or policies affecting financial institutions, including changes in regulatory fees and capital requirements;
adverse changes related to the businesses of our partners;
changes in the quality or composition of the Company’s loan or investment portfolios;

technological changes that may be more difficult or expensive than expected;
the inability of third party providers to perform as expected;
the Company’s ability to enter new markets successfully and capitalize on growth opportunities;
the Company’s ability to successfully integrate into its operations, any assets, liabilities, customers, systems and management personnel the Company may acquire and management’s ability to realize related revenue synergies and cost savings within expected time frames, and any goodwill charges related thereto;
changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the bank regulatory agencies, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;
the Company’s ability to retain key employees;
the Company’s compensation expense associated with equity allocated or awarded to its employees; and
changes in the financial condition, results of operations or future prospects of issuers of securities that the Company may own.

Additional factors that may affect the Company’s results are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 under the heading “Risk Factors” filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 13, 2025.

Because of these and other uncertainties, our actual future results may be materially different from the results indicated by these forward-looking statements. The Company is under no duty to and does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Federal Economic Relief Funds To Aid Lending

Emergency Capital Investment Program

variations in interest rates and the equity risk premium, which are components included in the purchase price calculation, the Company presently expects that the purchase price will be at a substantial discount from the face value of the Preferred Stock.

The Company believes that consummation of the repurchase of the Preferred Stock as contemplated by the Repurchase Agreement would be beneficial to its stockholders. As such, the Company expects it continue to emphasize its qualified Deep Impact Lending.

Banking Development District

The Ponce Bank Westchester Avenue Branch located at 2244 Westchester Avenue in the Castle Hill area of the Bronx was approved as a Banking Development District ("BDD"). New York State’s BDD Program, administered by the Department of Financial Services ("DFS"), supports the establishment of bank and credit union branches in areas across New York State where there is a demonstrated need for banking services. To encourage participation, approved BDD branches receive access to subsidized and market rate deposits from New York State. On July 30, 2024, Ponce Bank received total program deposits of $35.0 million.

Westchester Avenue Branch Re-Design

On February 27, 2025, Ponce Bank officers and administrators and members of the public celebrated the Bank’s transformed Westchester Avenue Branch at its grand reopening. The transformed Branch is the result of the State-of-the-art Banking Technologies combined with Community Centric Banking that is customer friendly and supportive.

The transformation relaunched a process aimed at reinforcing the role of each banking branch as a "community hub"’ that attracts new depositors and business customers, but anchors Ponce Bank branches as community-centric destinations. The revitalization efforts include Open Tellers that invite a more consultative experience, managers located at a central hub of the branch, private space for sensitive conversations, and meeting spaces as well as open areas with teleconferencing and AV equipment to encourage community-wide gatherings.

Coral Gables, Florida Office

On June 1, 2024, Ponce Bank opened its first-ever representative office in the state of Florida located at 1600 Ponce de Leon Drive in the Miami suburb of Coral Gables. This new office is home to a Commercial Relationship Officer who will split time between the new location and his former Bergen County, New Jersey territory. Many of our customers have businesses in Florida or spend their winter months here, and the large Hispanic community fits one of our primary demographics.

Critical Accounting Policies

Accounting estimates are necessary in the application of certain accounting policies and procedures and are particularly susceptible to significant change. Critical accounting policies are defined as those involving significant judgments and assumptions by management

and that could have a material impact on the carrying value of certain assets, liabilities or on income under different assumptions or conditions. Management believes that the most critical accounting policy relates to the allowance for credit losses.

The allowance for credit losses is established as probable incurred losses are estimated to have occurred through a provision for credit losses charged to earnings. Credit losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance. If our loss rate factor was to increase 10 basis points, our reserve would increase by approximately $2.4 million. Likewise, if our loss rate factor was to decrease 10 basis points, our reserve would decrease by approximately $2.4 million.

The discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations are based on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in conformity with GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of income and expenses. The estimates and assumptions used are based on historical experience and various other factors and are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions, resulting in a change that could have a material impact on the carrying value of our assets and liabilities and our results of operations.

Company's Growth

The Company has deployed a mobile application that digitizes the lending workflow from pre-approval to servicing and enables the Company to originate, close and fund small business loans within very short spans of time, without requiring a physical presence within banking offices and with automated underwriting using both traditional and non-traditional methods. The application was developed by Lending Front, a fintech in which the Company has acquired a financial interest. All Commercial Relationship Officers and Banking Branch Managers utilize these capabilities. The Company is seeking to establish loan origination partnerships with non-profit and community-based organizations to ensure penetration in underserved and underbanked markets.

The Company continues its relationship with Raisin Solutions US LLC ("Raisin"), a fintech that focuses on gathering deposits for financial institutions through the Internet. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had $611.9 million in such deposits, which the Company classifies as core deposits.

Because the Company, through Ponce Bank, is an MDI and a CDFI, deposits made by other financial institutions may be treated as CRA credits by those depository institutions.

At December 31, 2018, the first year after our initial public offering, the Company had approximately $1.06 billion in assets, $918.5 million in loans, net of allowance for credit losses of $12.7 million, and $809.8 million in deposits. The Company has since grown to $3.09 billion in assets, $2.37 billion in loans receivables, net of allowance for credit losses of $23.0 million, and $2.00 billion in deposits at March 31, 2025, all while investing in infrastructure, implementing digital banking and diversifying its product offering. Now, the Company believes that it is poised to enhance its presence, locally and in similar communities outside New York, as a leading CDFI and MDI financial institution holding company.

Comparison of Financial Condition at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024

Total Assets. Total consolidated assets increased $49.9 million, or 1.6%, to $3.09 billion at March 31, 2025 from $3.04 billion at December 31, 2024. The increase in total assets is largely attributable to increases of $84.3 million in net loans receivable, $1.2 million in accrued interest receivable and $0.4 million in right of use assets, partially offset by decreases of $9.9 million in cash and cash equivalents, $9.9 million in held-to-maturity securities, $8.4 million in other assets, $3.4 million in FHLBNY stock, $2.2 million in mortgage loans held for sale, $1.4 million in available-for-sale securities, $0.4 million in deferred tax assets and $0.4 million in premises and equipment, net.

Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $9.9 million, or 7.1%, to $129.9 million at March 31, 2025, compared to $139.8 million at December 31, 2024. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents was primarily the result of an increase of $90.4 million in net loans and a $75.0 million net repayment of borrowings. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents was offset primarily by an increase of $120.1 million in net deposits, $13.6 million in proceeds from maturities, calls and principal repayment on securities, $3.4 million in net redemption of FHLB stock and $2.6 million in advance payments by borrowers.

Securities. The Company securities portfolio decreased $1.4 million in available-for-sale and $9.9 million in held-to-maturity during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease in the securities portfolio was primarily due to the call of one available-for-sale security in the amount of $1.0 million and changes in principal amount of the securities.

Gross Loans Receivable. The composition of gross loans receivable at March 31, 2025 and at December 31, 2024 and the percentage of each classification to total loans are summarized as follows:

	March 31, 2025					December 31, 2024					Increase (Decrease)
	Amount		Percent			Amount		Percent			Dollars			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Mortgage loans:
1-4 Family residential
Investor-Owned	$	325,866		13.6	%	$	330,053		14.3	%	$	(4,187	)		(1.3	%)
Owner-Occupied		137,676		5.8	%		142,363		6.2	%		(4,687	)		(3.3	%)
Multifamily residential		675,541		28.2	%		670,159		29.0	%		5,382			0.8	%
Nonresidential properties		390,681		16.4	%		389,898		16.9	%		783			0.2	%
Construction and land		815,425		34.1	%		733,660		31.8	%		81,765			11.1	%
Total mortgage loans		2,345,189		98.1	%		2,266,133		98.2	%		79,056			3.5	%
Nonmortgage loans:
Business loans		46,329		1.9	%		40,849		1.8	%		5,480			13.4	%
Consumer loans		997		0.0	%		1,038		0.0	%		(41	)		(3.9	%)
		47,326		1.9	%		41,887		1.8	%		5,439			13.0	%
Total	$	2,392,515		100.0	%	$	2,308,020		100.0	%	$	84,495			3.7	%

Based on current internal loan reviews, the Company believes that the quality of our underwriting, our weighted average loan-to-value ratio of 56.4% and our customer selection processes have served us well and provided us with a reliable base with which to maintain a well-protected loan portfolio.

Multifamily residential loans increased $5.4 million, or 0.8%, when compared to December 31, 2024. The majority of the increases in multifamily residential loans that were refinanced from construction and land loans to a new permanent loan facility.

Construction and land loans increased $81.8 million, or 11.1%, when compared to December 31, 2024. The majority of the $81.8 million growth in construction and land mortgage loans is related to funding of existing commitments prior to 2025 as opposed to new originations in 2025. Our commitments to grant new mortgage loans decreased by $28.7 million as of March 31, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024. See Note 10 ("Commitments, Contingencies and Credit Risk") of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Within the construction and land mortgage loans, as indicated in the composition of gross loans receivable table above, there are 64 projects as of March 31, 2025. Of these 64 projects, 51 projects are more than 50% complete and 13 projects are less than 50% complete. Of the 51 projects that are more than 50% complete, 22 projects have been issued a certificate of occupancy or a temporary certificate of occupancy, 29 projects are without certificate of occupancy or a temporary certificate of occupancy.

Commercial real estate loans, as defined by applicable banking regulations, include multifamily residential, nonresidential properties, and construction and land mortgage loans. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, approximately 3.3% and 3.5%, respectively, of the outstanding principal balance of the Bank’s commercial real estate mortgage loans were secured by owner-occupied commercial real estate. Owner-occupied commercial real estate is similar in many ways to commercial and industrial lending in that these loans are generally made to businesses predominantly on the basis of the cash flows of the business rather than on valuation of the real estate.

Banking regulations have established guidelines relating to the amount of construction and land mortgage loans and investor- owned commercial real estate mortgage loans of 100% and 300% of total risk-based capital, respectively. Should a bank’s ratios be in excess of these guidelines, banking regulations generally require an increased level of monitoring in these lending areas by bank management. The Bank’s policy is to operate within the 200% guideline for construction and land mortgage loans and up to 450% for investor-owned commercial real estate mortgage loans. Both ratios are calculated by dividing certain types of loan balances for each of the two categories by the Bank’s total risk-based capital. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Bank’s construction and land mortgage loans as a percentage of total risk-based capital was 159.1% and 145.0%, respectively. Investor-owned commercial real estate mortgage loans as a percentage of total risk-based capital was 354.6% and 341.7% as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. At March 31, 2025, the Bank was above the 100% guidelines established by the banking regulations and under the 200% guidelines set by the Bank for construction and land mortgage loans and above the 300% guideline established by banking regulators but under the 450% guidelines set by the Bank for investor owned commercial real estate mortgage loans. Management believes that it has established the appropriate level of controls to monitor the Bank’s lending in these areas.

Loans Held For Sale. Loans held for sale, at fair value, at March 31, 2025 decreased $2.2 million, or 20.2%, to $8.6 million from $10.7 million at December 31, 2024.

Deposits. The composition of deposits at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and changes in dollars and percentages are summarized as follows:

					December 31, 2024					Increase (Decrease)
		Percent					Percent
		of Total			Amount		of Total			Dollars			Percent

Demand	212,139		10.5	%	$	169,178		9.0	%	$	42,961			25.4	%
Interest-bearing deposits:
NOW/IOLA accounts	74,430		3.7	%		62,616		3.3	%		11,814			18.9	%
Money market accounts	692,753		34.6	%		636,219		33.8	%		56,534			8.9	%
Reciprocal deposits	141,838		7.1	%		130,677		6.9	%		11,161			8.5	%
Savings accounts	106,122		5.3	%		105,870		5.6	%		252			0.2	%
Total NOW, money market, reciprocal and savings	1,015,143		50.7	%		935,382		49.6	%		79,761			8.5	%
Certificates of deposit of 250K or more	219,721		11.0	%		204,293		10.8	%		15,428			7.6	%
Brokered certificates of deposit (1)	84,531		4.2	%		94,531		5.0	%		(10,000	)		(10.6	%)
Listing service deposits (1)	6,140		0.3	%		7,376		0.4	%		(1,236	)		(16.8	%)
Certificates of deposit less than 250K	467,273		23.3	%		474,104		25.2	%		(6,831	)		(1.4	%)
Total certificates of deposit	777,665		38.8	%		780,304		41.4	%		(2,639	)		(0.3	%)
Total interest-bearing deposits	1,792,808		89.5	%		1,715,686		91.0	%		77,122			4.5	%
Total deposits	2,004,947		100.0	%	$	1,884,864		100.0	%	$	120,083			6.4	%

All values are in US Dollars.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were no individual listing service deposits amounting to $250,000 or more. There was one brokered certificates of deposit in the amount of $1.5 million amounting to $250,000 or more. All other brokered certificates of deposit individually amounted to less than $250,000.

When wholesale funding is necessary to complement the Company's core deposit base, management determines which source is best suited to address both liquidity risk and interest rate risk in line with management objectives. The Company’s Interest Rate Risk Policy imposes limitations on overall wholesale funding and noncore funding reliance. The overall reliance on wholesale funding and noncore funding were within those policy limitations as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The Management Asset/Liability Committee generally meets on a bi-weekly basis to review funding needs, if any, and to ensure the Company operates within the approved limitations.

Borrowings. The Bank had outstanding borrowings at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 of $521.1 million and $571.1 million in term advances from the FHLBNY. The Bank did not have any overnight line of credit advance at March 31, 2025 and had one overnight line of credit advance in the amount of $25.0 million from the FHLBNY at December 31, 2024. Additionally, the Bank had two unsecured lines of credit in the amount of $75.0 million with two correspondent banks for both periods at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The Bank did not have any term and overnight line of credit advances from the FRBNY at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Stockholders’ Equity. The Company’s consolidated stockholders’ equity increased $8.4 million, or 1.7%, to $513.9 million as of March 31, 2025 from $505.5 million as of December 31, 2024. The $8.4 million increase in stockholders’ equity was largely attributable to $6.0 million in net income, $1.8 million in other comprehensive income, $0.5 million impact to additional paid in capital as a result of share-based compensation and $0.4 million from release of ESOP shares, offset by $0.3 million in dividends on preferred shares.

Comparison of Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

The discussion of the Company’s results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are presented below. The results of operations for interim periods may not be indicative of future results.

Overview. Net income available to common stockholders was $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to net income available to common stockholders of $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Earnings per basic and diluted share was $0.25 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to earnings per basic and diluted share of $0.11 for three months ended March 31, 2024. The $3.3 million increase of net income available to common stockholders from the three months ended March 31, 2024, was due to increases of $3.4 million in net interest income, $0.7 million in non-interest income and $0.3 million in benefit for credit losses, partially offset by increases of $0.7 million in provision for income taxes, $0.3 million in dividends on preferred shares and $0.1 million in non-interest expense. Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2025, which excludes $0.3 million in dividends on preferred shares, was $6.0 million. There was no dividend on preferred shares for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The following table presents the results of operations for the periods indicated:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,						Increase (Decrease)
	2025			2024			Dollars			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Interest and dividend income	$	43,997		$	39,666		$	4,331			10.9	%
Interest expense		21,794			20,843			951			4.6	%
Net interest income		22,203			18,823			3,380			18.0	%
Benefit for credit losses (1)		(285	)		(16	)		(269	)		1,681.3	%
Net interest income after benefit for credit losses		22,488			18,839			3,649			19.4	%
Non-interest income		2,381			1,707			674			39.5	%
Non-interest expense (1)		16,888			16,786			102			0.6	%
Income before income taxes		7,981			3,760			4,221			112.3	%
Provision for income taxes		2,022			1,346			676			50.2	%
Net income		5,959			2,414			3,545			146.9	%
Dividends on preferred shares		281			—			281			—	%
Net income available to common stockholders	$	5,678		$	2,414		$	3,264			135.2	%
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	0.25		$	0.11		$	0.14			127.3	%
Diluted	$	0.25		$	0.11		$	0.14			127.3	%

(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2024, provision for contingencies in the amount of $0.2 million were reclassified from total non-interest expense to benefit for credit losses.

Interest and Dividend Income. Interest and dividend income increased $4.3 million, or 10.9%, to $44.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $39.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Interest income on loans receivable, which is the Company’s primary source of income, increased $6.5 million, or 21.1%, to $37.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $30.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Total interest and dividend income on securities, FHLBNY stock and deposits due from banks decreased $2.1 million, or 23.8%, to $6.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $9.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to decreases of $1.2 million in interest on deposits due from banks and $1.1 million in interest on securities, offset by an increase of $0.2 million in dividend on FHLBNY stock.

The following table presents interest income on loans receivable for the periods indicated:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
	2025		2024		Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
1-4 Family residential	$	7,092	$	7,546	$	(454	)		(6.0	%)
Multifamily residential		9,150		6,921		2,229			32.2	%
Nonresidential properties		5,677		4,359		1,318			30.2	%
Construction and land		14,602		11,224		3,378			30.1	%
Business loans		592		412		180			43.7	%
Consumer loans		23		202		(179	)		(88.6	%)
Total interest income on loans receivable	$	37,136	$	30,664	$	6,472			21.1	%

The following table presents interest and dividend income on securities and FHLBNY stock and deposits due from banks for the periods indicated:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
	2025		2024		Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Interest on deposits due from banks	$	1,668	$	2,911	$	(1,243	)		(42.7	%)
Interest on securities		4,521		5,619		(1,098	)		(19.5	%)
Dividend on FHLBNY stock		672		472		200			42.4	%
Total interest and dividend income	$	6,861	$	9,002	$	(2,141	)		(23.8	%)

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $1.0 million, or 4.6%, to $21.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $20.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The following table presents interest expense for the periods indicated:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
	2025		2024		Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Certificates of deposit	$	7,754	$	6,380	$	1,374			21.5	%
Money market		8,411		6,292		2,119			33.7	%
Savings		26		28		(2	)		(7.1	%)
NOW/IOLA		115		218		(103	)		(47.2	%)
Advance payments by borrowers		2		2		—			—	%
Borrowings		5,486		7,923		(2,437	)		(30.8	%)
Total interest expense	$	21,794	$	20,843	$	951			4.6	%

Net Interest Income. Net interest income increased $3.4 million, or 18.0%, to $22.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $18.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The $3.4 million increase in net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 was attributable to an increase of $4.3 million in total interest and dividend income primarily due to increases in average loans receivable, offset by an increase of $1.0 million in interest expense due primarily to a higher average cost of funds on interest bearing liabilities.

Net interest rate spread increased by 37 basis points to 2.19% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from 1.82% for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in the net interest rate spread for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 was primarily due to and an increase in the average yields on interest-earning assets of 19 basis points to 5.90% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from 5.71% for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and a decrease in the average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities of 18 basis points to 3.71% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from 3.89% for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Net interest margin increased 27 basis points for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to 2.98% from 2.71% for three months ended March 31, 2024.

On September 18, 2024, the Federal Reserve announced that the target range for the federal funds rate decreased by 50 basis points to 4.75% to 5.00% effective on September 19, 2024. It marked the first rate cut in over four years and signaled a shift in strategy aimed at bolstering the economy and preventing a rise in unemployment. In November 2024, the Federal Reserve lowered the target range by 25 basis points to 4.50% to 4.75% and in December 2024 another 25 basis points to 4.25% to 4.50%. The Federal Reserve left federal funds rate unchanged at 4.25% to 4.50% during its March 2025 meeting, though it is still anticipated that they may reduce interest rates by around 50bps this year. Our net interest income may be positively impacted if the demand for loans increases due to the lower rates, alone or in tandem with lower inflation.

Non-Interest Income. Non-interest income increased $0.7 million, or 39.5%, to $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The $0.7 million increase in non-interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 was attributable to increases of $0.4 million in income on sale of SBA loans and $0.3 million in late and prepayment charges, partially offset by a decrease of $0.2 million in income on the sale of mortgage loans.

The following table presents non-interest income for the periods indicated:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
	2025		2024		Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Service charges and fees	$	525	$	473	$	52			11.0	%
Brokerage commissions		4		8		(4	)		(50.0	%)
Late and prepayment charges		697		359		338			94.2	%
Income on sale of mortgage loans		148		302		(154	)		(51.0	%)
Income on sale of SBA loans		404		—		404			—	%
Other		603		565		38			6.7	%
Total non-interest income	$	2,381	$	1,707	$	674			39.5	%

Non-Interest Expense. Non-interest expense increased $0.1 million, or 0.6%, to $16.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $16.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The $0.1 million increase in non-interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 was attributable to increases of $0.5 million in other operating expense and $0.2 million in occupancy and equipment, partially offset by decreases of $0.4 million in professional fees and $0.3 million in direct loan expenses.

The following table presents non-interest expense for the periods indicated:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,					Change
	2025		2024			Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Compensation and benefits	$	7,780	$	7,844		$	(64	)		(0.8	%)
Occupancy and equipment		3,913		3,667			246			6.7	%
Data processing expenses		1,152		1,127			25			2.2	%
Direct loan expenses		388		732			(344	)		(47.0	%)
Insurance and surety bond premiums		315		253			62			24.5	%
Office supplies, telephone and postage		170		249			(79	)		(31.7	%)
Professional fees		1,364		1,723			(359	)		(20.8	%)
Microloans recoveries		—		(53	)		53			—	%
Marketing and promotional expenses		83		100			(17	)		(17.0	%)
Directors' fees and regulatory assessment		461		389			72			18.5	%
Other operating expenses		1,262		755			507			67.2	%
Total non-interest expense (1)	$	16,888	$	16,786		$	102			0.6	%

(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2024, provision for contingencies in the amount of $0.2 million were reclassified from total non-interest expense to benefit for credit losses.

Income Tax Provision. The Company had a provision for income taxes of $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to a provision for income taxes of $1.3 million for three months ended March 31, 2024.

Credit Quality. Total non-performing loans, including loans held for sale, were $27.3 million for both periods March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, a credit loss benefit of $0.3 million on loans was recorded, consisting of $0.7 million charged on the funded portion and a benefit of $1.0 million on the unfunded portion on loans. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, a credit loss benefit of $0.1 million on loans were recorded, consisting of $0.3 million benefit on the funded portion and a $0.2 million charged on the on unfunded portion on loans.

Average Balance Sheets

The following table sets forth average outstanding balances, average yields and rates, and certain other information for the periods indicated. No tax-equivalent yield adjustments have been made, as the effects would be immaterial. Average balances are derived from average daily balances. Non-accrual loans were included in the computation of average balances. The yields set forth below include the effect of deferred fees, discounts, and premiums that are amortized or accreted to interest income or interest expense.

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025							2024
	Average							Average
	Outstanding				Average			Outstanding				Average
	Balance		Interest		Yield/Rate (1)			Balance		Interest		Yield/Rate (1)
	(Dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
Loans (2)	$	2,369,433		37,136		6.36	%	$	1,979,263	$	30,664		6.23	%
Securities (3)		467,560		4,521		3.92	%		576,235		5,619		3.92	%
Other (4)		186,021		2,340		5.10	%		238,432		3,383		5.71	%
Total interest-earning assets		3,023,014		43,997		5.90	%		2,793,930		39,666		5.71	%
Non-interest-earning assets		109,166							106,566
Total assets	$	3,132,180						$	2,900,496
Interest-bearing liabilities:
NOW/IOLA	$	72,354	$	115		0.64	%	$	82,849	$	218		1.06	%
Money market		827,948		8,411		4.12	%		544,563		6,292		4.65	%
Savings		105,171		26		0.10	%		113,501		28		0.10	%
Certificates of deposit		794,270		7,754		3.96	%		629,528		6,380		4.08	%
Total deposits		1,799,743		16,306		3.67	%		1,370,441		12,918		3.79	%
Advance payments by borrowers		12,445		2		0.07	%		12,886		2		0.06	%
Borrowings		568,601		5,486		3.91	%		771,070		7,923		4.13	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities		2,380,789		21,794		3.71	%		2,154,397		20,843		3.89	%
Non-interest-bearing liabilities:
Non-interest-bearing demand		196,627		—					198,862		—
Other non-interest-bearing liabilities		43,915		—					54,061		—
Total non-interest-bearing liabilities		240,542		—					252,923		—
Total liabilities		2,621,331		21,794					2,407,320		20,843
Total equity		510,849							493,176
Total liabilities and total equity	$	3,132,180				3.71	%	$	2,900,496				3.89	%
Net interest income			$	22,203						$	18,823
Net interest rate spread (5)						2.19	%						1.82	%
Net interest-earning assets (6)	$	642,225						$	639,533
Net interest margin (7)						2.98	%						2.71	%
Average interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities						126.98	%						129.69	%

Annualized where appropriate.
Loans include loans and mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value.
Securities include available-for-sale securities and held-to-maturity securities.
Includes FHLBNY demand account and FHLBNY stock dividends and FRBNY demand deposits.
Net interest rate spread represents the difference between the weighted average yield on interest-earning assets and the weighted average rate of interest-bearing liabilities.
Net interest-earning assets represent total interest-earning assets less total interest-bearing liabilities.
Net interest margin represents net interest income divided by average total interest-earning assets.

Rate/Volume Analysis

The following table presents the effects of changing rates and volumes on the Company’s net interest income for the periods indicated. The volume column shows the effects attributable to changes in volume (changes in volume multiplied by prior rate). The rate column shows the effects attributable to changes in rate (changes in rate multiplied by prior volume). The total column represents the sum of the prior columns. For purposes of this table, changes attributable to both rate and volume, which cannot be segregated, have been allocated proportionately based on the changes due to rate and the changes due to volume.

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025 vs. 2024
	Increase (Decrease) Due to						Total Increase
	Volume			Rate			(Decrease)
	(In thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
Loans (1)	$	3,507		$	2,965		$	6,472
Securities (2)		(1,096	)		(2	)		(1,098	)
Other		82			(1,125	)		(1,043	)
Total interest-earning assets		2,493			1,838			4,331
Interest-bearing liabilities:
NOW/IOLA		196			(299	)		(103	)
Money market		6,483			(4,364	)		2,119
Savings		(3	)		1			(2	)
Certificates of deposit		2,302			(928	)		1,374
Total deposits		8,978			(5,590	)		3,388
Borrowings		(1,187	)		(1,250	)		(2,437	)
Total interest-bearing liabilities		7,791			(6,840	)		951
Change in net interest income	$	(5,298	)	$	8,678		$	3,380

Loans include loans and mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value.
Securities include available-for-sale securities and held-to-maturity securities.

Management of Market Risk

General. The most significant form of market risk is interest rate risk because, as a financial institution, the majority of the Bank’s assets and liabilities are sensitive to changes in interest rates. Therefore, a principal part of our operations is to manage interest rate risk and limit the exposure of its financial condition and results of operations to changes in market interest rates. The Bank’s Asset/Liability Committee ("ALCO") is responsible for evaluating the interest rate risk inherent in the Bank’s assets and liabilities, for determining the level of risk that is appropriate, given the business strategy, operating environment, capital, liquidity and performance objectives, and for managing this risk consistent with policies and guidelines approved by the Board of Directors. The Bank currently utilizes a third-party modeling solution that is prepared on a quarterly basis, to evaluate its sensitivity to changing interest rates, given the Bank’s business strategy, operating environment, capital, liquidity and performance objectives, and for managing this risk consistent with the guidelines approved by the Board of Directors.

Net Interest Income Simulation Models. Management utilizes a respected, sophisticated third party designed asset liability modeling software that measures the Bank’s earnings through simulation modeling. Earning assets, interest-bearing liabilities and off-balance sheet financial instruments are combined with forecasts of interest rates for the next 12 months and are combined with other factors in order to produce various earnings simulations over that same 12-month period. To limit interest rate risk, the Bank has policy guidelines for earnings risk which seek to limit the variance of net interest income in both gradual and instantaneous changes to interest

rates. As of March 31, 2025, in the event of an instantaneous upward and downward change in rates from management's interest rate forecast over the next twelve months, assuming a static balance sheet, the following estimated changes are calculated:

	Net Interest Income		Year 1 Change
Rate Shift (1)	Year 1 Forecast		from Level
	(Dollars in thousands)
+400	$	93,090	(6.41%)
+300		94,880	(4.61%)
+200		96,612	(2.87%)
+100		97,944	(1.53%)
Level		99,470	— %
-100		100,089	0.62%
-200		100,711	1.25%
-300		100,406	0.94%
-400		99,742	0.27%

Assumes an instantaneous uniform change in interest rates at all maturities.

Although an instantaneous and severe shift in interest rates was used in this analysis to provide an estimate of exposure under these scenarios, management believes that a gradual shift in interest rates would have a more modest impact. Further, the earnings simulation model does not take into account factors such as future balance sheet growth, changes in product mix, changes in yield curve relationships, and changing product spreads that could alter any potential adverse impact of changes in interest rates.

The behavior of the deposit portfolio in the baseline forecast and in alternate interest rate scenarios set out in the table above is a key assumption in the projected estimates of net interest income. The projected impact on net interest income in the table above assumes no change in deposit portfolio size or mix from the baseline forecast in alternative rate environments. In higher rate scenarios, any customer activity resulting in the replacement of low-cost or noninterest-bearing deposits with higher-yielding deposits or market-based funding would reduce the benefit in those scenarios.

At March 31, 2025, the earnings simulation model indicated that the Bank was in compliance with the Board of Directors approved Interest Rate Risk Policy.

Economic Value of Equity Model. While earnings simulation modeling attempts to determine the impact of a changing rate environment to net interest income, the Economic Value of Equity Model (“EVE”) measures estimated changes to the economic values of assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items as a result of interest rate changes. Economic values are determined by discounting expected cash flows from assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items, which establishes a base case EVE. Rates are then shocked as prescribed by the Interest Rate Risk Policy to measure the sensitivity in EVE values for each of those shocked rate scenarios versus the base case. The Interest Rate Risk Policy sets limits for those sensitivities. At March 31, 2025, the EVE modeling calculated the following estimated changes in EVE due to instantaneous upward and downward changes in rates:

									EVE as a Percentage of Present
									Value of Assets (3)
			Estimated Increase (Decrease) in									Increase
Change in Interest	Estimated		EVE						EVE			(Decrease)
Rates (basis points) (1)	EVE (2)		Amount			Percent			Ratio (4)			(basis points)
	(Dollars in thousands)
+400	$	422,169	$	(108,730	)		(20.48	%)		14.69	%		(2,048	)
+300		451,948		(78,951	)		(14.87	%)		15.45	%		(1,487	)
+200		481,088		(49,811	)		(9.38	%)		16.15	%		(938	)
+100		507,965		(22,934	)		(4.32	%)		16.77	%		(432	)
Level		530,899		—			—	%		17.25	%		—
-100		550,268		19,369			3.65	%		17.60	%		365
-200		565,754		34,855			6.57	%		17.83	%		627
-300		585,025		54,126			10.20	%		18.12	%		1,020
-400		605,576		74,677			14.07	%		18.43	%		1,407

Assumes an instantaneous uniform change in interest rates at all maturities.
EVE is the discounted present value of expected cash flows from assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet contracts.
Present value of assets represents the discounted present value of incoming cash flows on interest-earning assets.
EVE Ratio represents EVE divided by the present value of assets.

discounted present value of cash flows over the estimated lives of instruments, the change in EVE does not directly correlate to the degree that earnings would be impacted over a shorter time horizon (i.e., the current year). Further, EVE does not take into account factors such as future balance sheet growth, changes in product mix, changes in yield curve relationships, and changing product spreads that could alter the adverse impact of changes in interest rates.

At March 31, 2025, the EVE model indicated that the Bank was in compliance with the Board of Directors’ approved Interest Rate Risk Policy.

Most Likely Earnings Simulation Models. Management also analyzes a most-likely earnings simulation scenario that projects the expected change in rates based on a forward yield curve adopted by management using expected balance sheet volumes forecasted by management. Separate growth assumptions are developed for loans, investments, deposits, etc. Other interest rate scenarios analyzed by management may include delayed rate shocks, yield curve steepening or flattening, or other variations in rate movements to further analyze or stress the balance sheet under various interest rate scenarios. Each scenario is evaluated by management and weighted to determine the most likely result. These processes assist management to better anticipate financial results and, as a result, management may determine the need to review other operating strategies and tactics which might enhance results or better position the balance sheet to reduce interest rate risk going forward.

Each of the above analyses may not, on its own, be an accurate indicator of how net interest income will be affected by changes in interest rates. Income associated with interest-earning assets and costs associated with interest-bearing liabilities may not be affected uniformly by changes in interest rates. In addition, the magnitude and duration of changes in interest rates may have a significant impact on net interest income. For example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods of repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates. Interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities fluctuate in advance of changes in general market rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in general market rates. In addition, certain assets, such as adjustable rate mortgage loans, have features (generally referred to as interest rate caps and floors) which limit changes in interest rates. Prepayment and early withdrawal levels also could deviate significantly from those assumed in calculating the maturity of certain instruments. The ability of many borrowers to service their debts also may decrease during periods of rising interest rates. The ALCO Committee reviews each of the above interest rate sensitivity analyses along with several different interest rate scenarios as part of its responsibility to provide a satisfactory, consistent level of profitability within the framework of established liquidity, loan, investment, borrowing and capital policies.

Management's model governance, model implementation and model validation processes and controls are subject to review in the Bank’s regulatory examinations to ensure they are in compliance with the most recent regulatory guidelines and industry and regulatory practices. Management utilizes a respected, sophisticated third party designed asset liability modeling software to help ensure implementation of management's assumptions into the model are processed as intended in a robust manner. That said, there are numerous assumptions regarding financial instrument behaviors that are integrated into the model. The assumptions are formulated by combining observations gleaned from the Bank’s historical studies of financial instruments and the best estimations of how, if at all, these instruments may behave in the future given changes in economic conditions, technology, etc. These assumptions may prove to be inaccurate. Additionally, given the large number of assumptions built into Bank’s asset liability modeling software, it is difficult, at best, to compare its results to other banks.

The ALCO Committee may determine that the Company should over time become more or less asset or liability sensitive depending on the underlying balance sheet circumstances and its conclusions regarding interest rate fluctuations in future periods. The historically low benchmark federal funds interest rate of the last several years implemented in response the turmoil resulting from COVID-19 pandemic has ended. The Federal Reserve announced that the target range for the federal funds rate decreased by 50 basis points to 4.75% to 5.00% effective on September 19, 2024. It marked the first rate cut in over four years and signaled a shift in strategy aimed at bolstering the economy and preventing a rise in unemployment. In November 2024, the Federal Reserve lowered the target range by 25 basis points to 4.50% to 4.75% and in December 2024 another 25 basis points to 4.25% to 4.50%. The Federal Reserve left federal funds rate unchanged at 4.25% to 4.50% during its March 2025 meeting, though it is still anticipated that they may reduce interest rates by around 50bps this year. Our net interest income may also be positively impacted if the demand for loans increases due to the rate decreases, alone or in tandem with the concurrent inflationary pressures. We may be negatively impacted if we are unable to appropriately time adjustments to our funding costs and the rates we earn on our loans.

GAP Analysis. In addition, management analyzes interest rate sensitivity by monitoring the Bank’s interest rate sensitivity "gap." The interest rate sensitivity gap is the difference between the amount of interest-earning assets maturing or repricing within a specific time period and the amount of interest bearing-liabilities maturing or repricing within that same time period. A gap is considered positive when the amount of interest rate sensitive assets maturing or repricing during a period exceeds the amount of interest rate sensitive liabilities maturing or repricing during the same period, and a gap is considered negative when the amount of interest rate sensitive liabilities maturing or repricing during a period exceeds the amount of interest rate sensitive assets maturing or repricing during the same period.

The following table sets forth the Company’s interest-earning assets and its interest-bearing liabilities at March 31, 2025, which are anticipated to reprice or mature in each of the future time periods shown based upon certain assumptions. The amounts of assets and liabilities shown which reprice or mature during a particular period were determined in accordance with the earlier of term to repricing or the contractual maturity of the asset or liability. The table sets forth an approximation of the projected repricing of assets and liabilities at March 31, 2025, on the basis of contractual maturities, anticipated prepayments and scheduled rate adjustments. The loan amounts in the table reflect principal balances expected to be redeployed and/or repriced as a result of contractual amortization and as a result of contractual rate adjustments on adjustable-rate loans.

	March 31, 2025
	Time to Repricing
	Zero to 90 Days			Zero to<br>180 Days			Zero Days<br>to One<br>Year			Zero Days<br>to Two<br>Years			Zero Days<br>to Five<br>Years			Five Years<br>Plus			Total<br>Earning<br>Assets &<br>Costing<br>Liabilities			Non<br>Earning<br>Assets &<br>Non<br>Costing<br>Liabilities			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Assets:
Interest-bearing deposits in banks	$	97,780		$	97,780		$	97,780		$	97,780		$	97,780		$	—		$	97,780		$	32,113		$	129,893
Securities (1)		29,070			80,508			109,610			163,131			282,078			196,910			478,988			(17,394	)		461,594
Placement with banks		249			249			249			249			249			—			249			—			249
Net loans (includes LHFS)		505,883			766,603			1,126,386			1,575,451			2,290,196			84,937			2,375,133			4,365			2,379,498
FHLBNY stock		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			25,807			25,807
Other assets		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			92,795			92,795
Total	$	632,982		$	945,140		$	1,334,025		$	1,836,611		$	2,670,303		$	281,847		$	2,952,150		$	137,686		$	3,089,836
Liabilities:
Non-maturity deposits	$	67,467		$	134,934		$	269,868		$	539,732		$	959,924		$	72,920			1,032,844		$	194,438		$	1,227,282
Certificates of deposit		328,886			498,901			701,606			726,595			777,665			—			777,665			—			777,665
Borrowings		—			—			100,000			279,000			521,100			—			521,100			—			521,100
Other liabilities		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			49,903			49,903
Total liabilities		396,353			633,835			1,071,474			1,545,327			2,258,689			72,920			2,331,609			244,341			2,575,950
Capital		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			513,886			513,886
Total liabilities and capital	$	396,353		$	633,835		$	1,071,474		$	1,545,327		$	2,258,689		$	72,920		$	2,331,609		$	758,227		$	3,089,836
Asset/liability gap	$	236,629		$	311,305		$	262,551		$	291,284		$	411,614		$	208,927		$	620,541
Gap/assets ratio		159.70	%		149.11	%		124.50	%		118.85	%		118.22	%		386.52	%		126.61	%

Includes available-for-sale securities and held-to-maturity securities.

The following table sets forth the Company’s interest-earning assets and its interest-bearing liabilities at December 31, 2024, which are anticipated to reprice or mature in each of the future time periods shown based upon certain assumptions. The amounts of assets and liabilities shown which reprice or mature during a particular period were determined in accordance with the earlier of term to repricing or the contractual maturity of the asset or liability. The table sets forth an approximation of the projected repricing of assets and liabilities at December 31, 2024, on the basis of contractual maturities, anticipated prepayments and scheduled rate adjustments. The loan amounts in the table reflect principal balances expected to be redeployed and/or repriced as a result of contractual amortization and as a result of contractual rate adjustments on adjustable-rate loans.

	December 31, 2024
	Time to Repricing
	Zero to<br>90 Days			Zero to<br>180 Days			Zero Days<br>to One<br>Year			Zero Days<br>to Two<br>Years			Zero Days<br>to Five<br>Years			Five<br>Years<br>Plus			Total<br>Earning<br>Assets &<br>Costing<br>Liabilities			Non<br>Earning<br>Assets &<br>Non<br>Costing<br>Liabilities			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Assets:
Interest-bearing deposits in banks	$	104,361		$	104,361		$	104,361		$	104,361		$	104,361		$	—		$	104,361		$	35,478		$	139,839
Securities (1)		23,921			56,636			107,958			160,603			288,893			203,742			492,635			(19,727	)		472,908
Placement with banks		249			249			249			249			249			—			249			—			249
Net loans (includes LHFS)		267,730			415,218			923,776			1,425,128			2,210,873			81,816			2,292,689			4,646			2,297,335
FHLBNY stock		29,182			29,182			29,182			29,182			29,182			—			29,182			—			29,182
Other assets		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			100,425			100,425
Total	$	425,443		$	605,646		$	1,165,526		$	1,719,523		$	2,633,558		$	285,558		$	2,919,116		$	120,822		$	3,039,938
Liabilities:
Non-maturity deposits	$	60,746		$	121,499		$	243,005		$	486,011		$	870,025		$	60,680		$	930,705		$	173,855		$	1,104,560
Certificates of deposit		315,709			507,093			670,619			728,383			780,304			—			780,304			—			780,304
Borrowings		75,000			75,000			125,000			325,000			596,100			—			596,100			—			596,100
Other liabilities		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			53,474			53,474
Total liabilities		451,455			703,592			1,038,624			1,539,394			2,246,429			60,680			2,307,109			227,329			2,534,438
Capital		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			505,500			505,500
Total liabilities and capital	$	451,455		$	703,592		$	1,038,624		$	1,539,394		$	2,246,429		$	60,680		$	2,307,109		$	732,829		$	3,039,938
Asset/liability gap	$	(26,012	)	$	(97,946	)	$	126,902		$	180,129		$	387,129		$	224,878		$	612,007
Gap/assets ratio		94.24	%		86.08	%		112.22	%		111.70	%		117.23	%		470.60	%		126.53	%

Includes available-for-sale securities and held-to-maturity securities.

Certain shortcomings are inherent in the methodologies used in the above interest rate risk measurements. Modeling changes require making certain assumptions that may or may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. In this regard, the net interest income and EVE tables presented assume that the composition of the interest-sensitive assets

and liabilities existing at the beginning of a period remains constant over the period being measured and assumes that a particular change in interest rates is reflected uniformly across the yield curve regardless of the duration or repricing of specific assets and liabilities. Accordingly, although the net interest income and EVE tables provide an indication of the interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time, such measurements are not intended to and do not provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on net interest income and EVE and will differ from actual results. Furthermore, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates. Additionally, certain assets, such as adjustable-rate loans, have features that restrict changes in interest rates both on a short-term basis and over the life of the asset.

In the event of changes in interest rates, prepayment and early withdrawal levels would likely deviate significantly from those assumed in calculating the gap table.

Interest rate risk calculations also may not reflect the fair values of financial instruments. For example, decreases in market interest rates can increase the fair values of loans, deposits and borrowings.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity describes the ability to meet the financial obligations that arise in the ordinary course of business. Liquidity is primarily needed to meet the borrowing and deposit withdrawal requirements of the Company’s customers and to fund current and future planned expenditures.

Although maturities and scheduled amortization of loans and securities are predictable sources of funds, deposit flows and loan prepayments are greatly influenced by market interest rates, economic conditions, and competition. The most liquid assets are cash and interest-bearing deposits in banks. The levels of these assets are dependent on operating, financing, lending, and investing activities during any given period. The Bank had $521.1 million and $571.1 million of outstanding term advances from FHLBNY at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Bank had no overnight line of credit advance from the FHLBNY at March 31, 2025 and $25.0 million of overnight line of credit advance from the FHLBNY at December 31, 2024.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $13.1 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Net cash used in investing activities, which consists primarily of disbursements for loan originations, purchase of loans, net purchase and redemption of FHLBNY stock and purchase of equipment offset by principal collections on loans and proceeds from maturities, calls and principal repayments on securities was ($67.8) million and ($80.1) million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Net cash provided by financing activities, consisting of activities in borrowing, deposit accounts and dividends paid on preferred stock, was $44.8 million and $74.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The Bank’s management took steps to enhance the Company’s liquidity position by increasing its on balance sheet cash and cash equivalents position in order to meet unforeseen liquidity events and to fund upcoming funding needs.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, all regulatory capital requirements were met, resulting in the Company and the Bank being categorized as well capitalized. Management is not aware of any conditions or events that would change this categorization.

Material Cash Requirements

Commitments. As a financial services provider, the Company routinely is a party to various financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risks, such as commitments to extend credit and unused lines of credit. Although these contractual obligations represent the Company’s future cash requirements, a significant portion of commitments to extend credit may expire without being drawn upon. Such commitments are subject to the same credit policies and approval process accorded to loans originated. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had outstanding commitments to originate loans and extend credit of $390.2 million and $411.5 million, respectively.

It is anticipated that the Company will have sufficient funds available to meet its current lending commitments. Certificates of deposit that are scheduled to mature in 2025 totaled $610.9 million. Management expects that a substantial portion of the maturing time deposits will be renewed. However, if a substantial portion of these deposits are not retained, the Company may utilize FHLBNY advances, unsecured credit lines with correspondent banks, or raise interest rates on deposits to attract new accounts, which may result in higher levels of interest expense.

Contractual Obligations. In the ordinary course of its operations, the Company enters into certain contractual obligations. Such obligations include data processing services, operating leases for premises and equipment, agreements with respect to borrowed funds and deposit liabilities. There have been no material changes in the Company’s material cash requirements under its contractual obligations as discussed in its most recent annual report on Form 10-K.

Dividend on Preferred Stock. Pursuant to the terms of its Preferred Stock, the Company is required to pay a quarterly dividend on its Preferred Stock, beginning during the quarter ended June 30, 2024. The floor dividend rate is 0.50% and the ceiling dividend rate is 2.00%, based on achievement of certain qualified lending targets. For quarterly dividends through June 15, 2025, the Company is required to pay quarterly dividends on the Preferred Stock at a rate of 0.50%. The company paid and accrued $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Other Material Cash Requirements. In addition to contractual obligations, the Company’s material cash requirements also includes compensation and benefits expenses for its employees, which were $7.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company also has material cash requirements for occupancy and equipment expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization of $0.5 million, related to rental expenses, general maintenance and cleaning supplies, guard services, software licenses and other miscellaneous expenses, which were $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The information required by this item is included in Part I, Item 2 of this report under “Management of Market Risk”.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of March 31, 2025. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal controls over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

The Company is not involved in any pending legal proceedings as a plaintiff or a defendant other than routine legal proceeding occurring in the ordinary course of business. At March 31, 2025, the Company was not involved in any legal proceedings the outcome of which management believes would be material to its financial condition or results of operations.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report, you should carefully consider the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” included in our 2024 Form 10-K and the risk factors and other cautionary statements contained in our other SEC filings, which could materially affect our businesses, financial condition or future results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results. There have been no material changes in our Risk Factors from those disclosed in Item 1A of our 2024 Form 10-K or our other SEC filings.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

None

Item 5. Other Information.

None

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit<br><br>Number	Description
3.1	Articles of Incorporation of Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 (File No. 333-258394) filed with the Commission on August 3, 2021).
3.2	Bylaws of Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (attached as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 (File No. 333-258394) filed with the Commission on August 3, 2021).
3.3	Articles Supplementary to the Charter of Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41255) filed with the Commission on June 9, 2022).
31.1*	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

* Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	Ponce Financial Group, Inc.<br><br>(Registrant)
Date: May 6, 2025	By:	/s/ Carlos P. Naudon
		Carlos P. Naudon
		President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 6, 2025	By:	/s/ Sergio J. Vaccaro
		Sergio J. Vaccaro
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Carlos P. Naudon, certify that:

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ponce Financial Group, Inc.;
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and
The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 6, 2025	By:	/s/ Carlos P. Naudon
		Carlos P. Naudon<br><br>President
		Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Sergio J. Vaccaro, certify that:

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ponce Financial Group, Inc.;
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and
The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 6, 2025	By:	/s/ Sergio J. Vaccaro
		Sergio J. Vaccaro<br><br>Executive Vice President
		Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2025 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: May 6, 2025	By:	/s/ Carlos P. Naudon
		Carlos P. Naudon<br><br>President
		Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: May 6, 2025	By:	/s/ Sergio J. Vaccaro
		Sergio J. Vaccaro<br><br>Executive Vice President
		Chief Financial Officer

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-41255

Ponce Financial Group, Inc.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (718) 931-9000

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited)

March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024

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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

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Ponce Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Note 1. Nature of Business

Note 2. Preferred Stock

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Note 3. Securities

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Note 4. Mortgage Loans Held-for-Sale

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Note 5. Loans Receivable, Net and Allowance for Credit Losses

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Loan Modifications to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty